TSA to allos small knives and golf clubs onboard

[Tommay85]

HA! I can't see this thing working correctly at all!

 

[SeanD]

A pitching wedge solves everything so you really only need to travel with one club.

 

[EIR]

HA! I can't see this thing working correctly at all!

I agree. I found it in the Sky Mall magazine a while back.

 

[KHanson]

Awesome! I can take two golf clubs as carry on luggage. That means I only have to make 7 round trips to get my entire bag to the course.

All you need is a hockey stick, pool cue, and a small 2" knife to golf with, the heck are you thinking lol. ;-) Think a trident would fall under the "pitchfork" category?

 

[Mark815]

Small knives are okay. Water bottles are still deadly!!

 

[Pilotforhire587]

Personally I am not really concerned with blades less than 2 inches. If you look at the standards for bullet proof vests they look for a deflection of 2.5 inches into the body to rate the vest at what it protects against. Thats because your body's vital organs are deeper that than under your skin. Couple with that with a blade that can't lock and you would have to be pretty lucky to do significant damage with it. I would be much more concerned with someone swinging a 5 iron at my head that trying to get me with a swiss army knife.

 

[darrenf]

Personally I am not really concerned with blades less than 2 inches. If you look at the standards for bullet proof vests they look for a deflection of 2.5 inches into the body to rate the vest at what it protects against. Thats because your body's vital organs are deeper that than under your skin. Couple with that with a blade that can't lock and you would have to be pretty lucky to do significant damage with it. I would be much more concerned with someone swinging a 5 iron at my head that trying to get me with a swiss army knife.

How deep is your carotid again?

 

[RRPower]

Knives are cool...but hey, gotta have those crewmembers go through security...they might commandeer an aircraft...

 

[skypilot6]

TSA, the illusion of security...

 

[Pilotforhire587]

How deep is your carotid again?

This is true but chances are unless someone sneaks up on you from behind it would be difficult to get to your neck.

 

[darrenf]

This is true but chances are unless someone sneaks up on you from behind it would be difficult to get to your neck.

Yeah, I guess it's safe then.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

Air Marshals, Flight Attendants Want TSA to Reconsider Knife Policy

http://fox8.com/2013/03/06/air-marshals-flight-attendants-want-tsa-to-reconsider-knife-policy/

 

[derg]

So now we're going from arguing about liquids to arguing about liquids, knives and baseball bats.

You go TSA.

You go........ gurl.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

You go... gurl.

Or hurl.

 

[Rocketman99]

I love it, we finally get something to change for the better and the FAs want to ruin it. Sounds like what happens to all our good overnight hotels...

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

On the Today show today
Flight attendants protest TSA changes: 'This cannot stand'


http://www.today.com/travel/flight-attendants-protest-tsa-changes-cannot-stand-1C8743170

So when is ALPA or some other pilot association going to step up and say it's ok?

 

[ljg]

"It's all fun and games until the flight attendant gets poked."

-words of wisdom from an old crotchety Captain, but meant in another context.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

"It's all fun and games until the flight attendant gets poked."

-words of wisdom from an old crotchety Captain, but meant in another context.

As in dipping pen in company ink? 8)

 

[tomokc]

If somebody pulls out their 2.36" knife and does anything other than clean their nails or cut out a newspaper article - like stand up and take one step towards the cockpit or an FA - they're going to be absolutely OWNED by the nearest dozen passengers.

 

[rframe]

Good grief...get over it. People need to quit this living in fear. I could break your neck in 2 seconds flat and I guarantee that's a lot worse than a cheap ass paper thin keychain knife blade.