On this page of the website of the Transportation Security Administration, one can find a certain amount of information on what one can and cannot now bring onto an airplane…but not a lot. If there's a lot of confusion — and we're hearing there is — it may be because of questions and answers like these…
Question: What about liquid eyeliner and similar items?
Answer: If you are in doubt about an item, please leave it at home or place in your checked baggage or the item may be intercepted at the security checkpoint.
Well, that's helpful…not. One of the folks who was at this morning's breakfast (the one I mentioned in the previous item) was a fellow named Johnny Dark who commutes to New York every week or so to play The World's Oldest Page on the Letterman show. Johnny's going back this weekend and he seemed pretty baffled as to what he'll encounter at the airport and what he can take on the plane. He asked a few questions and no one at the table had any idea.
How difficult would it be in this Age of the Internet to put up a simple list of what you can and cannot take on the plane? Why do they have to turn this into a game show?