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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Morgan" data-source="post: 1373523" data-attributes="member: 4676">That I didn&#039;t know. Not that surprising, though, I guess.I don&#039;t have a problem with people getting fined for trying to bring banned items on a plane, or even because they &quot;forget&quot; they had them. That&#039;s the penalty for not following rules. What worried me was the first hand account from someone where he was basically threatened with a huge fine unless he submitted to something he really didn&#039;t have to submit to (he could back out and not fly at all). I have to admit, my first thought initially was in line with your response. Something like &quot;Yeah, right, like they are ever actually going to fine some $11k for that&quot;. I understand that the laws may have been around for awhile and may be kind of nuts. There are crazy laws/rules like that everywhere. Heck, there are websites devoted to them because some of them are so comical. However, I don&#039;t like it when those types of things are used as scare tactics.Maybe they told him that out of frustration because he was being a d-bag (which is totally possible), who knows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Larry Morgan, post: 1373523, member: 4676"] That I didn't know. Not that surprising, though, I guess. I don't have a problem with people getting fined for trying to bring banned items on a plane, or even because they "forget" they had them. That's the penalty for not following rules. What worried me was the first hand account from someone where he was basically threatened with a huge fine unless he submitted to something he really didn't have to submit to (he could back out and not fly at all). I have to admit, my first thought initially was in line with your response. Something like "Yeah, right, like they are ever actually going to fine some $11k for that". I understand that the laws may have been around for awhile and may be kind of nuts. There are crazy laws/rules like that everywhere. Heck, there are websites devoted to them because some of them are so comical. However, I don't like it when those types of things are used as scare tactics. Maybe they told him that out of frustration because he was being a d-bag (which is totally possible), who knows. [/QUOTE]

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