New needed security... or just an excuse to rip people off?

[goaly]

I go to the Dayton International Airshow every year. In the past you could bring in a cooler, and it was checked at the entrance for alcohol, glass, etc. and then the security people marked it as being checked and okay.

I just visited the website for the Dayton airshow and I see that this year coolers are not permitted. Also on the list of things not permitted this year are "Cans" & "Loose ice"... Loose ice, sealed cans of pop and cold sandwiches are a threat to security????
 We usually spend the entire day (9AM - 6PM) at the airshow. There is NO shade, you sit in an open field on the grass. The last couple of years the temp. has been in the 90s for the show. This year looks to be the same. I always brought a gallon of ice water for each person. But this year it looks like that will not be permitted.... in the name of "Security".  

So  I am to assume that everyone will be safer if the public is forced to pay for every drop of liquid and every bite of food that they have at the airshow?...and with these new "Security" measures I'll bet the prices of food and drinks will go down this year, and they will probably be passing out all of the free ice water that you want...NOT!

It's not security... it's just a chance to squeeze every penny that they can from the spectators this year.

[john9001]

ah , it's the same thing at football games and most other places you have to pay to get into, the only thing you can bring through the gate is your money, must be why i watch lot of stuff on TV, hehe my sofa , my beer , my food, and if i don't like the show (click ) (click )

[Sandman]

Originally posted by goaly
It's not security... it's just a chance to squeeze every penny that they can from the spectators this year.

Bingo.

[hawk220]

so much for the 'land of the free'

[funkedup]

Dayton Airshow has (at least the last time I went) cold fresh water available for free from US Army water trailers which are located all over the place.  They are kind of small, just look for the camo barrel looking things with wheels.  

[Sandman]

They do the same sort of thing at the Edwards AFB show.

[Beefcake]

Funked those are called "buffalos"

[Sandman]

... yep... Buffalos, water, 1 ea, 1000 gal.

[loser]

goaly i bet you can smuggle in about five or six sandwiches if you stuff them down you pants...where you put your drinks...that is your business

[funkedup]

Keester a thermos of gatorade.

[Fishu]

I suppose too much chili in a sandwich can endanger human lives..
Might cause serious gas poisoning around the person whos having these sandwiches.

[Charon]

Funked those are called "buffalos"

Best tasting water in the world when your canteen's been dry for about 10 hours or so at a Ft. Knox summer.

Charon

[Curval]

If a terrorist walked into an event with a bomb in a cooler and detonated it everyone would be crying "Why wasn't the security tighter!"

Banning ice and sandwiches do, however, stretch the boundaries of reasonability and I think that you are right...those are attempts to soak the crowd for cash.

[Maverick]

Originally posted by Curval
If a terrorist walked into an event with a bomb in a cooler and detonated it everyone would be crying "Why wasn't the security tighter!"

Banning ice and sandwiches do, however, stretch the boundaries of reasonability and I think that you are right...those are attempts to soak the crowd for cash.

OK, you can bring in the ice and the sandwiches, but the coolers gotta stay in the car!  

Seriously, same thing happened at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson. No packs or coolers. Smaller "fanny packs" were searched. They even had an overhead elevated "cherry picker" with an AP (SP?) and an M16 watching over the gate area.

Not really a big deal. You could bring in a water bottle but not in a pack or cooler.

[Curval]

Originally posted by Maverick


OK, you can bring in the ice and the sandwiches, but the coolers gotta stay in the car!  

hehe...you must learn to juggle, I guess.