New Flying Regulations
#21
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Location: In the middle of a mess...
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Then again, it also depends on where you are.
I've flown out of one airport, arrive at another. Go outside for some fresh air because of long layover. Get back into airport, go thru security check, only to have the things in my backpack taken from me. Don't understand it. If it's allowed in one airport, then why not ALL of them?
I've also had little sewing kits taken from me. You know the kind...has a couple needle, needle threader and some thread wrapped around a small piece of cardboard. The entire kit is no bigger than a business card.
I've flown out of one airport, arrive at another. Go outside for some fresh air because of long layover. Get back into airport, go thru security check, only to have the things in my backpack taken from me. Don't understand it. If it's allowed in one airport, then why not ALL of them?
I've also had little sewing kits taken from me. You know the kind...has a couple needle, needle threader and some thread wrapped around a small piece of cardboard. The entire kit is no bigger than a business card.
#23
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
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Last month when I flew to FL, I decided at the last minute to take my suitcase on the plane w/ me rather than checking it (which would have cost $20). In the outside pocket was a rotary cutter. It went through screening no problem!
#25
Well guess I'll head over to KLM site & see if they'll let my folding scissors through. I also have the clover round cutter with me and will be flying next week. If they take either, it won't be a big deal as I've had the clover one for years & never remember to use it!
#28
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: oregon
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I just flew to Calif for Thanksgiving and took along the round nosed fiskar school scissors. I showed them to the TSA agent before going through security and he said they could go through because they were rounded with a blade less than 4" long.
#30
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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It's good, that I don't fly. I wonder, if you could find a piece of obsidian. It's stone and can be flaked off sharper than any razor blade. They sometimes make scalpel blades from it. I'll bet you could make a real sharp knife out of ceramic, which would get by the metal detectors, too.
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