TSA "humour" and who's getting rich?

Those humourless goons at the TSA have displayed at least some comedy today with their revised list of permitted and non-permitted items in hand luggage. Particularly entertaining is this one:
Up to 4 oz. of essential non-prescription liquid medications and KY jelly
I guess the TSA are all in favour of the mile-high club then.
The real question though is this : in England, who is getting rich off the ridiculous carry-on restrictions? Only allowing "small" bags in carryon luggage is nothing to do with safety or security, so someone is making a lot of money off it somehow, somewhere. And I don't think it's the airports - they're suffering because they can't handle all the checked luggage, so the old adage about being on the same plane as your own suitcase is a fucking joke now. Especially at Heathrow. All the people I've spoken to in the last month who've travelled through there have lost their bags. I tell you what - the cynic in me says that this is part of some government plot for another engineered attack of some sort. Because they can't guarantee your luggage will fly with you, it ought to be a piece of cake to get a bomb into the hold of a plane you're not flying on now. I'm surprised none of the daily rags in England have tried this yet - they're normally well up for the challenge of making airport "security" look like the total idiots they are.

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