LaGuardia security

Published 5/16/06

So this was kinda funny. We were waiting at the gate at LaGuardia, when Karen pointed out that we would probably have to check Sam’s umbrella stroller planeside (we were on a puddle jumper). Not being sure if it needed to be screened, I went to the agents’ desk.

Lo and behold, there was a stack of security tags there that went onto luggage to be checked planeside. They read “Security Screened Baggage Only.” So I grabbed a few and filled one out, attaching it to the stroller.

Of course, there was nothing stopping me from grabbing the whole stack. I don’t know how useful these tags would be, but they weren’t the typical quickie ID tags you can pick up all over the airport. They certainly looked more official.

You can see the stack on the counter:

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3 responses (add yours)

Leland says:

You’re gonna get spanked for taking pictures of security related items. ;)

May 17th, 2006 at 3:38 PM

gnomic says:

send us a postcard from gitmo!

May 17th, 2006 at 9:49 PM

scott says:

You were already through security and at the gate when you picked these up. Your luggage (and stroller) were already screened.

If you tried to bring something with one of those tags through security and to the gate, guess what: it would be screened just like anything else you tried to bring through security. I don’t think there’s a security problem here.

The only security hole I could see is if somebody stole these, as you suggested, then somehow managed to bring something in that had *not* been screened, but then got it onto the plane with this tag as if it had been screened. I guess a baggage handler could do it.

Still, good eye.

May 21st, 2006 at 5:33 PM