TSA is now going to allow small knives and other previously prohibited items on a plane... your thoughts?

[crimzy]

TSA is now going to allow small knives, (I believe under 2.75"), on airplanes. They are also going to allow golf clubs, hockey sticks, toy bats, pool sticks, and other potentially dangerous objects on planes.
Obviously airline security has learned a lot since 9/11. The cockpits are reinforced, there are air marshalls and new procedures in place to prevent that type of attack again. But is it enough?
Apparently TSA believes that the amount of time it will save to go through security outweighs the nominal risk that these items pose. The cockpits may be safe but what about the flight attendance and passengers who are still in harms way? Your thoughts?
http://news.yahoo.com/tsa-allow-small-knives-bats-clubs-planes-212606422.html

 

[flower]

I'm soooo glad that I don't travel.

 

[dragonzim]

I thought it was funny in that the article I read about this stated that they would let you carry 2 golf clubs on board. Who the hell travels with only 2 golf clubs. A golfer is going to have a minimum of 9-10 clubs.

 

[kiefers]

I just recently flew, last week, and the TSA chose my bag to search. They asked me if I was carring any sharp objects in my carry on and I replied no, thinking sharp objects meaning knives or box cutters. They found some medical scissors in my bag that I had forgotten all about and allowed me to take them onboard anyways, but gave the wife a hard time about her curling iron! Lol.....
I also had a few lighters, and a medical disection kit, now used for fragging coral, they allowed that too. Thought for sure I was going to have to leave all of those behind. I use the bag for work too so I obviously did not go through it to make sure everything was taken out.

 

[kiefers]

On the note of the first post, TSA was one of the departments chosen for budget cuts. So the security lines may be insane anyways. Allowing a few things to "slip" by may be away of allowing the lines to go through a little quicker.
I personally think it's a lazy technique. We get lazy in our security some thing will happen. Look at what the terrorists did with a box cutter.

 

[meowzer]

You know....I could kill someone with a ski pole...and WHY would they have ODD things like hockey sticks on board.....who would want to sit with that in your fae
WHAT about shampoos? If I want to go somewhere and all I have is a carry on...Can I now bring my toiletries??? I don't see where it says anything about that, and BEFORE you let people take ski poles and hockey sticks on board I should be allowed to have toothpaste

 

[darthtang aw]

No u.s. plane will ever be hijacked again with blunt instruments such as bats and small knives. They can't get to the cockpit anymore. Therefore it would be pointless to try and hijack with a small knife. This rule change isn't dumb, it is common sense.

 

[theclemsonkid]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///t/394838/tsa-is-now-going-to-allow-small-knives-and-other-previously-prohibited-items-on-a-plane-your-thoughts#post_3514489
No u.s. plane will ever be hijacked again with blunt instruments such as bats and small knives. They can't get to the cockpit anymore. Therefore it would be pointless to try and hijack with a small knife. This rule change isn't dumb, it is common sense.
Wow. We agree on something. Let me make sure the earth is still on its axis... be right back...

 

[reefraff]

I could hijack a plane with a bean and cheese burrito. "Fly me to cuba or I'll fart again"

 

[crimzy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///t/394838/tsa-is-now-going-to-allow-small-knives-and-other-previously-prohibited-items-on-a-plane-your-thoughts#post_3514489
No u.s. plane will ever be hijacked again with blunt instruments such as bats and small knives. They can't get to the cockpit anymore. Therefore it would be pointless to try and hijack with a small knife. This rule change isn't dumb, it is common sense.
I also agree with this but I think the new change also reflects another prevailing attitude...
TSA has been fighting with whiney passengers for years about security lines, scans, pat-downs and basically every other measure they've taken. I think they are pretty much giving the outspoken minority a break on security but implicit in that is that the passenger bears the responsibility to protect themselves in the event of a crisis. This is probably the way it should always be, though... I believe that people do have an obligation to "self-police" in the event of a crisis on a plane. The failure to do so is why so many terrorists targeted planes in the past, but also the reason why I don't think that commercial airlines are going to be targeted going forward.

 

[crimzy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by reefraff http:///t/394838/tsa-is-now-going-to-allow-small-knives-and-other-previously-prohibited-items-on-a-plane-your-thoughts#post_3514496
I could hijack a plane with a bean and cheese burrito. "Fly me to cuba or I'll fart again"
So that was you sitting near me on all those flights...