[kalleboo]

In Japan for domestic flights, they have some sort of a sniffer machine they put your liquids on for testing, so flying with them is fine.

When I flew through Beijing and had forgotten a can of beer in my backpack (<3 Julebryg), it was flagged on the X-ray, and when they guy found it, saw "it was just a can of beer", he gave it back to me. I guess that works too.

[acomjean]

I was in Denver about 10 years ago and went through the human size "sniffing" machine.

It was weird. I was the only one in line and they sent me through. You can keep shoes and belts on. Ushered into a telephone booth sized device. It had doors on both sides and puffed me with air. 10 or 20 seconds later the green light came the door opened and I walked out.

(I guess they're called "puffer machines") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffer_machine

[johnwalkr]

I was going to write a similar comment. Flying domestic in Japan also requires no ID, little security, generally you are asked to go through security 15 minutes before boarding (the plane won't even be there if yo are early), fares are regular/published and don't skyrocket when a flight gets close to full (on the big carriers), and flights are easily changeable.

[lynguist]

I flew with liquor on a domestic Japanese flight. They didn’t even have a scanner. I showed them that I have it in my backpack and they said it’s no problem at all.

[rwmj]

Yeah, the domestic Japanese flight I took [in 2017] was entirely devoid of security, at least overtly. We just bought a ticket and walked to the plane, like in the good old days. Half of the people on board seemed to be carrying cats or dogs in baskets too. And the ticket was absurdly cheap. Pretty strange / cool!