Flying has suddenly become much more appealing knowing that the threat of breast pump wielding mothers has been contained. First the underwear bombers and now the breast pump guerrillas. I wonder what would have happened if Amy Strand had been wearing a burka?<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n The Transportation Security Administration in Hawaii says an agent was wrong to tell a nursing mother she couldn’t board an airplane with her breast pump.<\/p>\n The TSA tells KITV the agent at the Kauai airport mistakenly told Amy Strand she could only bring the pump onboard if the bottles contained milk.<\/p>\n She was allowed to board after pumping in a bathroom and showing the full bottles to the agent.<\/p>\n Strand was traveling home to Maui with her 9-month-old daughter Wednesday when her pump raised questions during screening.<\/p>\n She asked for a private place to pump and was told to go to the women’s restroom. Strand says the only outlet was next to a sink facing a wall of mirrors, so she had to stand in front of others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flying has suddenly become much more appealing knowing that the threat of breast pump wielding mothers has been contained. First the underwear bombers and now the breast pump guerrillas. I wonder what would have happened if Amy Strand had been … Continue reading