Small knives now allowed on US flights

PJ_Soul

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21678267

I don't know if I think this is okay or not.... at least I don't have to worry about my tiny fold-up scissors on my key chain anymore. :P But I do wonder why they would make the change. I don't really think that convenience as far as knife-packing goes should be a top priority.

whgarrett

Now, if they would only allow bombs back on planes

PJ_Soul

whgarrett wrote:

Now, if they would only allow bombs back on planes

Yeah, it costs $50 sometimes to check suitcases. Carry on is where it's at.

brianlux

Odd. I've heard it's ok to wear a hair sticks on board. I'd rather be stabbed with a sharp 2 inch blade than a dull 8 inch hair stick. Well, actually I'd rather not be stabbed but you know what I mean!

peacefrompaul

Interesting....

Remember when lighters were banned? Goddamn, there were so many lighters hanging out by the metal detector

CAVSTARR313

I liked George Carlins take on this..

He mentioned that you could kill a man with a sunday newspaper if you really wanted..

I think that on most all flights nowadays, if you were to stand up with a weapon in your hand, every able bodied passenger would be looking to bum rush your ass.. I know I would.. I feel the problem of the small knife is over..

hedonist

Caveeze wrote:

I liked George Carlins take on this..

He mentioned that you could kill a man with a sunday newspaper if you really wanted..

I think that on most all flights nowadays, if you were to stand up with a weapon in your hand, every able bodied passenger would be looking to bum rush your ass.. I know I would.. I feel the problem of the small knife is over..

I like Carlin's take on most everything

Yeah, agreed about fellow passengers...look at how unruly drunks on planes are handled these days!

PJ_Soul

Caveeze wrote:

I liked George Carlins take on this..

He mentioned that you could kill a man with a sunday newspaper if you really wanted..

I think that on most all flights nowadays, if you were to stand up with a weapon in your hand, every able bodied passenger would be looking to bum rush your ass.. I know I would.. I feel the problem of the small knife is over..

That's true... no one is going to accomplish anything with a keychain pocket knife these days. It's cleverly disguised bombs they need to be looking for.... That said, I brought luggage practically filled with liquids onto a plane headed to NYC before. No one said a word. They only noticed on the return flight.

peacefrompaul

hedonist wrote:

Caveeze wrote:

I liked George Carlins take on this..

He mentioned that you could kill a man with a sunday newspaper if you really wanted..

I think that on most all flights nowadays, if you were to stand up with a weapon in your hand, every able bodied passenger would be looking to bum rush your ass.. I know I would.. I feel the problem of the small knife is over..

I like Carlin's take on most everything

Yeah, agreed about fellow passengers...look at how unruly drunks on planes are handled these days!

PJ_Soul

peacefrompaul wrote:

hedonist wrote:

Caveeze wrote:

I liked George Carlins take on this..

He mentioned that you could kill a man with a sunday newspaper if you really wanted..

I think that on most all flights nowadays, if you were to stand up with a weapon in your hand, every able bodied passenger would be looking to bum rush your ass.. I know I would.. I feel the problem of the small knife is over..

I like Carlin's take on most everything

Yeah, agreed about fellow passengers...look at how unruly drunks on planes are handled these days!

I fucking love that photo!

PJ_Soul

One thing about this that bothers me though is that flight attendants seem to be really against it. And I can see why. They don't want anyone jabbing them with little knives, even if it doesn't mean the plane will be hijacked. They really should just pay attention to the flight attendants' desires, since they are the main people who are in danger on a plane.

brianlux

The solution to all of this is so simple...

Loulou

brianlux wrote:

Odd. I've heard it's ok to wear a hair sticks on board. I'd rather be stabbed with a sharp 2 inch blade than a dull 8 inch hair stick. Well, actually I'd rather not be stabbed but you know what I mean!

lukin2006

...but I still got to take my shoes off

JonnyPistachio

brianlux wrote:

The solution to all of this is so simple...

Until you gotta sit next to the fat guy who had an onion sandwich for lunch and refried beans for breakfast!

Jason P

Michael Moore said he takes a baseball and a tube sock on airplanes for use as a makeshift weapon if needed. Pretty good advice says I.

Steven Seagal created a similar weapon with a cue ball in Out For Justice. Enjoy the demonstration by the girly runner himself ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuU60r7VT30

PJ_Soul

Jason P wrote:

Michael Moore said he takes a baseball and a tube sock on airplanes for use as a makeshift weapon if needed. Pretty good advice says I.

Steven Seagal created a similar weapon with a cue ball in Out For Justice. Enjoy the demonstration by the girly runner himself ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuU60r7VT30

Carrying a baseball bat onto a plane for protection seems kind of paranoid to me. No?

Jason P

PJ_Soul wrote:

Jason P wrote:

Michael Moore said he takes a baseball and a tube sock on airplanes for use as a makeshift weapon if needed. Pretty good advice says I.

Steven Seagal created a similar weapon with a cue ball in Out For Justice. Enjoy the demonstration by the girly runner himself ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuU60r7VT30

Carrying a baseball bat onto a plane for protection seems kind of paranoid to me. No?

No, just a ball. Stick the ball in the sock. Start swinging. Watch the bodies hit the floor.

Ewoks used a similar version to take out some storm troopers. Word to your mother.

PJ_Soul

Jason P wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

Jason P wrote:

Michael Moore said he takes a baseball and a tube sock on airplanes for use as a makeshift weapon if needed. Pretty good advice says I.

Steven Seagal created a similar weapon with a cue ball in Out For Justice. Enjoy the demonstration by the girly runner himself ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuU60r7VT30

Carrying a baseball bat onto a plane for protection seems kind of paranoid to me. No?

No, just a ball. Stick the ball in the sock. Start swinging. Watch the bodies hit the floor.

Ewoks used a similar version to take out some storm troopers. Word to your mother.

Oh, sorry - I misread it. I had a nice picture of Michael Moore coming on board with a baseball bat and a sock fitted over it.
Well now I can bring my little fold up (pot) key chain scissors, so I should be fine. I actually hold them between my knuckles when I walk alone at night, so I should be able to foil a terrorist with them too. :P

Mamasan23

I used to have one of these for protection:



And actually got through O'Hare quite a few times, totally forgot I had it, then it got confiscated in Virginia. :( Really wish I had that bad boy back, but I remember thinking how crazy it was that it got through so many times after 9/11.

PJ_Soul

Mamasan23 wrote:

I used to have one of these for protection:



And actually got through O'Hare quite a few times, totally forgot I had it, then it got confiscated in Virginia. :( Really wish I had that bad boy back, but I remember thinking how crazy it was that it got through so many times after 9/11.

It is pretty shocking what you can get through with a lot of the time if we're supposed to believe that the substances that are banned are banned for a reason. So much gets through that I don't really feel like there is any security at all beyond catching the people with bombs actually strapped to their chest and a detonator in their hand. Or if they look like they're from the Middle East of course.

pj1981

The article didn't mention that it supposedly has to do with budget cuts,
thats what was mentioned on the news.

stickfig13

I've always thought that airport security was the illusion of safety anyway.

I was once made to wait while TSA swabbed my fucking contact solution and toothpaste for bomb residue....because if I were a bomb maker I would have taken my contacts out and brushed my teeth after making a bomb.

I really hope they let us keep our shoes on. Nothing more annoying that having to walk barefoot with arms full of stuff to a bench to regroup before heading to the gate. Not to mention the 1,000 other people that just walked barefoot on the same floor.

hedonist

pj1981 wrote:

The article didn't mention that it supposedly has to do with budget cuts,
thats what was mentioned on the news.

I'd heard that it was to be more in line with international regulations.

That said, I read a story the other day about a woman who smuggled a rat-dog in her purse onto a plane via Israel's airport - and they are among the most (if not THE most) rigid when it comes to security.

As to the middle-eastern comment, the times I've flown post-9/11, there were many of that profile (for lack of a better word) going through the security line with me, and they were treated no differently than I.

(the shoes-off thing at the airport totally disgusts me, by the way)

even flow - question mark

No worries here ladies and gents, we have to wait for the box cutters to be allowed back on flights before we panick.