Should Hand Luggage Be Banned On Board Permanent? Options

[alex-y]

with recent terror threat do you think the hand luggage should be banned on board commercial aircraft permanently?

[karlhurst_380]

No, what's wrong with X-Ray machines? can they not just do searches? Sorry, but I like to have "personal" items on board, if that means search through it all, so be it, but banning it is a tad too far.

[klm_city_hopper]

That would be stupid, not everyone is a Bombing, allah bumming terrorist.The major majority of passengers are not onboard to blow it up/cause similar havoc.Banning their onboard luggage is not fair, how are you supposed to keep yourselve ammsed on a long haul flight? I dread to think.

[iambenwyatt]

Banning all hand luggage is not viable in the long run. After the initial fear of being blown up mid-flight has passed, people will want personal items on board with them. These items are what make flying 'comfortable' and so denying people such items will inevitably cause passenger numbers to decline. I feel that, although it would be expensive, new methods of searching passengers handluggage will need to be initiated if the airline industry is to continue to grow into the future. As always with such incidents, we can learn from them and impliment measures to prevent them re-occuring and, in the long run, make the world a much safer place.

Cheers,
Ben.

[Dan_Taylor]

No, hand luggage should not (and from today is not) be banned from being taken aboard. I'd like to think I could take some photos on a flight, have my iPod with me for music (better than the radio channels they provide). People like to have "their" items with them, handbags, iPods etc... or even a book.

Dan.

[c150student]

I voted yes, although I do agree with what people have said about personal belongings making the flight more comfortable and enjoyable. But as I see it, allowing hand luggage is a weakness in the system. People can smuggle explosives on board, and then detonate them from their seat. I saw a program about a guy who took on components of a bomb (on their own relativcely benign) and in the toilets on the aircraft he put them together to make a bomb, attched it under the seat, got off the plane at the destination and on the next flight it blew up, killing 1 person (they were very lucky, the plane was relatively undamaged). Of course, bombs could still get into the normal hold...

But either ban the hand luggage or really increase the security checks.

[iambenwyatt]

But either ban the hand luggage or really increase the security checks.

Increasing security would be the better option. Surely we have the technology to come up with a machine which can detect explosives? Also, increasing the number of security personel at airports is another option. I would rather be searched and take longer to check in and have my own belongings on a flight than speed through check-in and have nothing!

Cheers,
Ben.

[{DaRk}]

Are you insane? NO hand lauggage? That's not nearly stupid enough! I'm all for putting people in little, sterile bubbles so that they can't do any harm.

[bluebird121]

No I do not think it is feasible to ban hand luggage indefinitely. I am flying To Southampton on Saturday morning so have been keeping myself up to date with the latest news about hand luggage.. I did have my polythene bag with my passport in it though.. .I am glad to say I am now allowed my handbag , but it has to go inside my flightbag, but sad to say i am not allowed my make up..but this is fine. I would much rather have very stringent controls than lax ones anyday, and I will so miss taking photos too..ah well..I will enjoy the flight anyway, even though I have to be at the airport for about 4.30 am at the latest..

[alex-y]

i would be so devastated if hand luggage was bannened. i came up with this poll because there was a poll on aussie msn about this topic and the votes showed a most of voters are happy to ban luggage