What exactly do air travelers need scissors for on a flight? The 9/11 hijackers used boxcutters … now we’re making it easier? The new TSA regulations are total nonsense.
Other bloggers on the subject: here, here, here and here… just to pick a few.
Update (12/02).
The Department of Homeland Security’s current list of most-confiscated objects from people getting on airplanes:
| Lighters | 8,124,525 |
| Sharp objects | 3,041,218 |
| Knives and blades | 1,650,894 |
| –Less than 3 inches | 1,599,103 |
| –3 inches or longer | 51,791 |
| Tools | 819,450 |
| Flammables/irritants | 362,613 |
| Ammunition and gunpowder | 21,939 |
| Box cutters | 19,499 |
| Clubs, bats and bludgeons | 19,183 |
hat tip: Paul Kedrosky.
3 million sharp objects + 1.6 million knives and blades … and now it’s OK to bring them on board? Insane.
Upate 2 (12/03) TSA Approves In-flight Party Favors
Tags: TSA, Airline Security, Airport Security, Homeland Security
Altho we seemed to have disagreed, thanks for the mention! 🙂
Angie, I do believe in listing different points of view…