OPINION — Does the Transportation Security Administration want to measure your luggage? You might be forgiven for thinking so after an aviation blog breathlessly reported that the agency's new 3D scanners have smaller entry tunnels than the old X-ray machines.
An oversize carry-on might not fit through, the report warned. Screeners could send you back to the airline counter to check it.
That's all it took for travelers to connect the dots. The TSA would become the airlines' enforcer, catching every overpacked carry-on and converting it into a $45 checked-bag fee.
