[媒體名稱] The Verge [新聞日期] 2017/7/24
[網址] http://bit.ly/2vD5VzX
簡單翻譯：
之前 SDCC 2017 舉辦的期間，聯航說根據 TSA 要求，托運行李中不准放漫畫。
但之後就被 TSA 在 Twitter 打臉:
https://twitter.com/TSA/status/889531354744016896
記者調查後，可能是聯航誤解這份 TSA 的建議:
https://www.tsa.gov/node/13530
一堆漫畫可能在X光被誤認, 他建議不要在託運行李中放太多。
但這只是建議，結果被聯航當作要強制執行的措施了。
Why did United try to ban Comic-Con travelers from checking comic books?
Travelers leaving San Diego Comic-Con on United Airlines got an unwelcome
surprise this weekend, when United said that comic books were banned in
checked luggage. United claimed this was a TSA-mandated rule for all airlines
operating out of San Diego — only to have the TSA publicly refute United’s
claim on Twitter.
As The Consumerist reported yesterday, United posted a notice telling “
Comic-Con attendees [to] remove all books from checked bags.” When people
complained on Twitter, United confirmed the news. “The restriction on
checking comic books applies to all airlines operating out of San Diego this
weekend and is set by the TSA,” a spokesperson wrote. From there, things got
even weirder: it told one confused attendee that only comic books were banned
in checked baggage, while regular books were “A-OK.” But then, the TSA
categorically denied this rule’s existence, saying that all books were fine
in both checked and carry-on baggage.
“They are incorrect. There is no problem with [people] taking comic books,
which are not a security threat, in their checked baggage,” TSA spokesperson
Lorie Dankers told The Verge. “The bottom line is, there's no restriction.
We're working with United Airlines to figure out where this is coming from.”
The agency also posted a tweet telling United that there was no rule about
checking books of any kind.
A TSA spokesperson told The Consumerist that it would contact any airlines
that promoted this “rule,” but as far as we know, only United posted
anything about it. Dankers described a previous incident where Southwest
Airlines incorrectly advised against packing glossy magazines, but said it
was unrelated. It’s not clear how widely United enforced its fake
restriction, although the aforementioned attendee apparently did end up
packing her comics in a carry-on.
o how did this happen? Dankers didn’t speculate, but it’s possible that
United massively misread a 2016 TSA blog post aimed at Comic-Con attendees.
In a list of “suggestions” for packing, it advised putting brochures, comic
books, and magazines in carry-on bags instead of checked luggage, because
large stacks of them could trigger bag searches that slowed down security.
But that was a logistical guideline, not a literal security rule.
A statement from United backs that interpretation up. “While TSA is
recommending that customers keep their comic books in their carry-on bags,
there are no restrictions on packing them in checked luggage,” said a
spokesperson. “We misunderstood TSA’s instructions and regret any
inconvenience this may have caused our customers.”
This isn’t the first book-related TSA scare we’ve had this year. In May, a
report suggested that people might have to start taking all books out of
carry-on bags during security screenings, something the agency later said was
part of a small, discontinued test program. It’s not often you see the TSA
come out of an airport security story looking like the heroes.... but then
again, it’s hard to find an airline that’s more widely hated than United,
too.
Update 5:15PM ET: Added statement from United.