WASHINGTON (CNN) -- -- The United States on Thursday raised its terror threat level after British police said they had arrested more than 20 suspects in a major terrorist plot to blow up passenger jets flying between the United Kingdom and the United States.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/10/us.security/index.html

This is disturbing. Even though they stoped them from doing this shit, the effects of this attempt have been messing with stocks and people are affraid to fly as a friend says.

In ways they did kinda win -_-

No more gasses or liquids allowed.  Sucks to be asthmatic...

Isn't the threat level red in GBR as well?

[quote author=Topaz link=topic=15520.msg156672#msg156672 date=1155239812]
Isn't the threat level red in GBR as well?
[/quote]I think its white,actually...but its @ their highest level

what if im fucking thirsty, i want a damn drink!

[quote author=Ishbar link=topic=15520.msg156703#msg156703 date=1155336609]
what if im fucking thirsty, i want a damn drink!
[/quote]

... you're joking right?

You buy beverages from the airline. How do you think they make money?

[quote author=Topaz link=topic=15520.msg156709#msg156709 date=1155340808]
You buy beverages from the airline. How do you think they make money?
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Most airlines give you free drinks, but they do charge for alcohol.

Not in sweeeeet first class.  They even give you all your drinks in crystal glasses!

I just booked a flight for California.

Yea now people are coming 3-5 hours early just to check it, the lines are huge over here so I can only guess how big they are in the lower 48.

[quote author=rabbit link=topic=15520.msg156711#msg156711 date=1155358527]
Not in sweeeeet first class.  They even give you all your drinks in crystal glasses!
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US Airways doesn't do that anymore (occasionally I have gotten glassware) :( I don't know about the other legacies, though. I would suspect most of them cut back on the glassware after 9/11 (for monetary, not security reasons).

It's what I got on Aer Lingus in 2004 when I went to Ireland.  Whatever.  We only got little plastic cups on US Airways to St Thomas (coach) though.

[quote author=HeRo link=topic=15520.msg156717#msg156717 date=1155371828]
Yea now people are coming 3-5 hours early just to check it, the lines are huge over here so I can only guess how big they are in the lower 48.
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I got there an hour and a half early, no problems. SJC to JFK and back about three days ago.

Selling alcohol on airplanes seems like such a huge security threat.  Only would take a few guys to buy enough little bottles to make a pretty decent incendiery threat in no time.  Unless the alcohol isn't really alcohol ...

It's not like, 150 proof whiskey.  It's usually a can of Bud or champagn.