ROTFLOL! Good point.
Posted on 02/12/2007 11:33:47 AM PST by Michael.SF.
SANTA ANA - A woman who was forced to throw away her breast milk at an airport this month is fighting to change the way nursing mothers are treated in the changing world of high-security travel.
Airport security agents in Las Vegas earlier this month banned Rachel Popplewell of Capistrano Beach from bringing her breast milk on a flight to California because she didn't have her baby with her.
Popplewell, who says she followed all the rules for bringing liquids on a plane, sent a written complaint to the Transportation Security Administration, which oversees airport screening.
"You should be allowed to carry it, and you should be treated like a human being who is feeding your child," Popplewell said.
A spokesman for the federal agency said he had not seen a record of the incident.
"If she had exactly what was required, I don't understand what happened," Nico Melendez said. "It should not have happened. Please accept our apology."
Popplewell, a marketing director, flew to Las Vegas for a one-day business trip to a footwear trade show. While there, she used her breast pump to collect 6 ounces of milk, which she planned to bring home to her 9-month-old son, Mason.
Popplewell divided the milk into two 3-ounce bottles and placed the bottles in a zip-top plastic bag, as stipulated by security regulations. But when Popplewell, 40, told a screener at McCarran International Airport what was in the bottles, she was forced to throw her milk away.
The TSA has restricted carry-on liquids since last summer after an incident in England alleged to have been a terrorism plot involving liquid explosives. Liquids must be in 3-ounce containers, which must be in plastic bags.
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Maybe she was dehydrated? LMAO
I am a mommy and I'm special. But seriously, why not do some sensible profiling and stop harassing Americans?
I can see that point, but really she needed to throw it away anyway, since it could not be kept frozen.
This treatment is udderly ridiculous.
I know that's a clever line, but my wife has to express milk every day so I can bottle-feed my son in her absence.
I swear, there are times when I'd value those little plastic bags over bags of gold. That she had to throw them away after following all the rules is criminal, but not unexpected.
Not if she had it in a little cooler. That is how I flew with bottle of breastmilk.
The "original containers" have limited capacity. In addition to physical discomfort associated with not emptying them, their production will quickly slow in response to not being emptied regularly. The little tyke is entitled to all his mama can produce.
duh. of course. :D
I find this whole liquids thing rather silly. It is quite possible for someone to take down a plane by packing enough explosives inside of a metal sealed tube or battery LOOKING device that would fool the average TSA screening agent.
For that matter, thin film plastic explosives can be worn on the body, under a hair piece, within a belt, socks, etc.
In short, targeting the METHOD of attack is not as effective as targeting the PERSON who will be carrying out the attack.
Particularly if the airplane A/C is on high...
ROTFLOL! Good point.
Even for a one day trip, I'm a bit surprised that she only had 6 ounces of milk. This might be in the TMI category, but it only takes me about 2 hours to produce that much milk (3 oz from each side).
If she was gone most of the day, what happened to the rest of the milk. Did she not have a problem throwing that away?
Not that I'm condoning TSA for making her throw it away. It seems she followed their guidelines, and they messed up (as usual).
When our twins were babies we had to use the neighbor's freezer in addition to ours for storage! And after seeing what my wife had to go through to get some of those early bags filled, if someone tried to take them away it would have been a "from my cold dead hands" moment!
For cryin' out loud, the kid didn't starve. He was fed while she was gone. She didn't need to bring the milk back. Sheesh!
My thoughts exactly.
LOL !!
And that is the correct answer. Refreshing to see nowdays.
People on planes can't have it both ways - let her bring it in bottles, or let her boob the baby. Or DON'T complain when the baby is crying on the flight.
Then again, a lot of people just like to bitch endlessly.
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