Liquids on flights – Plastic bag mystery

One of the most pointless airport security measures of the last year must be the bizarrely implemented liquids on flights crackdown.

Understandably after terror plots to smuggle liquids onto plans to blow them up there was a clampdown on what passengers could bring in their hand luggage.

Apart from Duty Free purchases it is not possible to bring any containers with more 100ml of liquid inside.

Now before you board an international flight you have to take out all your liquids and place them into a transparent plastic bag given to you.

On my last flight I had around ten 100ml containers in my hand luggage which the airport security told me I had to place in a plastic bag they gave to me.

I was informed it was of the utmost importance that I keep all these liquids in the plastic bag at all times and that I had to keep it separate from my carry on luggage.

The security personnel seemed convinced that this plastic bag was strong enough to prevent anything from going wrong should I be a terrorist carrying liquid explosives.

Myself and every other person passing through the checkpoint promptly ignored the daft order and stashed their useless jiffy bag full of toiletries and duty free back into their bags as soon as we were out of sight of security