• dhork@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    … Actually, they don’t get mad. I have done that a few times, bringing sandwiches with me.

    TSA only cares about liquids, you can bring all the non-liquid food on you want. If it fits in the scanner (and doesn’t show up as liquid), it’s all good. Your airline may care about bringing extra carry-ons, but they won’t careif you eat it before getting on.

    And I’ve been on a bunch of those short flights, they go up and are cruising for about 20 mins before they start coming down. I bet the cabin crew didn’t always make it to the back of the plane anyway before they had to pack it up.

    Of all the shitty things airlines do, it might be the least shitty.

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      8 hours ago

      You know I don’t fly and did not think much about the liquid restriction but this kinda makes me think they should always provide water, coffee, tea, pop, and other cheap options.

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      11 hours ago

      They don’t even care if you eat your own food during a flight. The flight attendants only concern is that the tray table is up during takeoff and landing. Aside from that, eat (almost) whatever you want.

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        9 hours ago

        In my experience you are right but I wonder how far you could take it… Like there are outlets at most seats in modern airplanes, could I bring a hot plate and make Korean BBQ on the flight?

        DO NOT DO THIS! BEST CASE YOU WILL PROBABLY BE INCONVIENCED AND HARESSED, WORST CASE ARESSTED!

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            8 hours ago

            I have no idea, just a funny thought. What if you used your carry-on for like a 30lb turkey and started carving it up like Thanksgiving once you reach coasting altitude?

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      10 hours ago

      Your shit will get extra searched if any if the food is in containers they can’t scan though. Not exactly convenient to have my bag fully emptied and scrutinized by TSA because I brought Goldfish crackers. Also flights near the Canadian border definitely have food restrictions even if you are flying between US destinations.

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        8 hours ago

        Not at all. I boarded lots of planes with food brought from outside the airport. Even international, back to Europe from the USA I went through the controls with some left over chicken no problem.