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"What terrorists?"

Wow I'm really slow today, I didn't even realise what was going on in the airports. Glued to the information superhighway and it still took me half a day to find out. Sure I checked the latest news, it's just it was for Big Brother instead heh. (not that I watch it anymore :P)

I'm guessing the rest of you woke up to the news. Liquid bombs huh? No hand luggage? Not even a book :S

Good thing this didn't happen 2 weeks ago when I was in Heathrow, waving my gf off.

Wow I'm really slow today, I didn't even realise what was going on in the airports. Glued to the information superhighway and it still took me half a day to find out. Sure I checked the latest news, it's just it was for Big Brother instead heh. (not that I watch it anymore :P)

I'm guessing the rest of you woke up to the news. Liquid bombs huh? No hand luggage? Not even a book :S

Good thing this didn't happen 2 weeks ago when I was in Heathrow, waving my gf off.

Yea came home to it after work and step-dad was watching the news on the tv. That limitation better only be on flights to America because if i have to spend 18 odd hours on a plane going to Japan with no laptop, iPod or anything to keep me entertained, some Terrorists will be the least of their worries

Can't really miss it in my line of work, whenever there's a terrorist threat our office goes into an almost lockdown like state. The directors disapear into the boardroom, which soon resembles a 'war room', the legal and PR departments complete disapear to the 'front line' at the airports and everone else crowds around overhead projectors with Sky news feeds....

I missed it too, my nan had to inform me today, heh.

I heard the news in the car on the way to my son's creche. I am so glad we're not travelling in the near future - like everyone else I don't think I could face a long haul flight without hand luggage. Can you imagine taking a child on with no handluggage? Last time we flew to Malaysia I had a huge bag of nappies, spare clothes, toys etc, etc.

My sister's currently in SE Asia and coming back soon, hope she isn't effected by all this.

I'd rather this than if they hadn't found out though - this is all a small price to pay. I think the security services have done a great job.

One person who was arrested yesterday came from High Wycombe, 2 miles from where I live :(

A few of my mates have just got back from Sidari so they missed it by 2 days.

Not going away until November so hopefully if we do fly the restrictions will have been lifted as I hate the boredom of flying.

I was woken up by this news... quite literally, as my parents had the TV on very loud, very early that morning.

It's really quite something, the scale of the plot and the reaction to it as well; although there is an element of skepticism here, I hope this is a sign that such [actual] potential disasters can be averted with some degree of efficiency...

I was watching the news because my airline send me regular mails on their status while I´m away. Interesting situation, they weren´t letting people carry even suncream or other liquids on the planes. I can imagine sales of it in the host countries going sky high.

I saw it on Sky News, when I was out in Tenerife, but only realised about the airport paendomonium that ensued in the check-in queue on Thursday. Luckily we were allowed handluggage, so my iPod and book were fine, but when we got back I heard about the restrictions on permitted hand luggage.

Just lucky this time avoiding it really, there weren't even any delays. Mind you, I flew into Hurn airport which is pretty small as airports go. 'Tis the exact opposite of the way back to New York; because we'd be flying over Washington there were strip-searches that lasted five hours. Five hours! That followed by seven and a half hour Virgin flight where no food and only one drink was served.