Magazines and books will have to be checked on U.S. flights
[This post has been updated] Oh, for heaven's sakes. Apparently stepped-up security rules on flights between Canada and the U.S. means that magazines and books must be put into checked luggage. According to a story in January magazine, Transport Canada rules provide a list of 13 items only that may be brought aboard, and magazines are not among them. "Technically, if it is not on the list, it is not allowed,” a spokesman told the Edmonton Journal.
[UPDATE: a report by James Adams in the Globe and Mail now says that only magazines and books purchased AFTER security may be carried into the cabin. Perhaps this could be called the Hudson News exception. The fact that you can't take your own subscriber copy aboard seems, however, arbitrary and simply stupid.]
Edmonton International Airport spokeswoman Donna Call said the new rules mean all backpacks and rolling suitcases must be checked. Books, magazines and even children's toys must also be checked, she said. Finally, even exempt items will be limited, which means that a single passenger cannot carry on a purse, a coat, a laptop and a diaper bag.One of the few joys of air travel these days is buying and having a couple of hours to read a magazine or book without interruption. Now, it seems, even that will be denied us. The only magazine that will benefit will be inflights such as enRoute, which are in every seat pocket.
[UPDATE: a report by James Adams in the Globe and Mail now says that only magazines and books purchased AFTER security may be carried into the cabin. Perhaps this could be called the Hudson News exception. The fact that you can't take your own subscriber copy aboard seems, however, arbitrary and simply stupid.]
posted by D. B. Scott at
12:07 pm
8 Comments:
Well, that just proves how explosive magazine content can be.
I feel for those publishers who have booked in-store promos at airport retail outlets. And even for those who haven't, I guess we can look forward to greatly diminished newsstand sales results.
You could clock someone upside the head with a book, but have they not seen the size of most magazines today?
Underwear is infinitely more dangerous.
This is ridiculous. The Globe and Mail wrote in an article today: "An earlier news report indicated that while security personnel could exercise 'some discretion' in what is permitted to go through security, only books and magazines purchased after the security check would be allowed into the cabin."
So while I agree this is still incredibly unfair to those of us who come in to the airport with books and magazines, if this rule is actually followed, perhaps newsstand sales of magazines after the security check would go up. After all, people will hardly have anything to entertain them at that point. I can't imagine this rule lasting long, though.
(source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/publishers-dumbfounded-by-airplane-book-ban/article1420232/)
Are they saying we can't carry them on, or can't take them through security? The latter could be gold for post-security bookstores.
Glad to hear it, but all we had to go on was the named quote from a Transport Canada official from the Edmonton Journal. If the Globe knows better, it's good news for the sellers of books and magazines after security; but I don't think we should applaud such an arbitrary and foolish rule.
Next, we'll have to purchase new cell phones, laptops, eyeglasses, electric razors, briefcases and purses after the security checkpoint as well.
Absurd.
All that then needs to happen is a multi-hour delay on the tarmac, with passengers having absolutely nothing to read, nothing to drink or eat, and there's a real recipe for mutiny.
the transport canada FAQ http://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/Page.aspx?ID=26&pname=TravellerFAQs_FAQVoyageurs&lang=en
New: Can I bring a book or magazine on the airplane with me?
Yes. Personal items such as books and magazines can be brought onto the plane.
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