Preach it
Amen:
I want my knife back, my pants belted, my boots on and everyone’s dignity in place when they travel. Why we have allowed ourselves to be victimized by this idiocracy continues to astound me.
I lost an Old Timer knife to those buffoons once.
August 3rd, 2015 at 7:15 pm
The contrarian in me feels compelled to point out that they keep trying to change to rules to let you keep your knife, but the stewardess union has more political pull.
August 3rd, 2015 at 7:24 pm
Last time I flew commercial I took my Leatherman Super Tool and Benchmade folder. I lit up the metal detectors like crazy, several times, but went on board with everything, six flights round trip. So, wow, it’s been that long.
August 3rd, 2015 at 9:46 pm
Ouch. I’ve carried an Old Timer 194 for 30 plus years. In my opinion, a man without a decent pocketknife is somewhat undressed, and an airplane is the only place I am ever without mine.
August 4th, 2015 at 10:27 am
On a flight with my daughter a month ago, the shoes in her carryon needed to be inspected because they had stuff shoved inside them (according to the screener).
The bag was opened, and the inspector (different person from the screener) dug into the contents until he came up with her keyring, which had a 1.5″ folding knife on it. That $3 Home Depot knife was confiscated.
And then the search ended. Because he’d found one thing, I guess, there was no need to keep looking for what he was originally told to inspect, the shoes stuffed with things. Which could be a shoe bomb. But nevermind, he found a deadly 1.5″ pocket knife!
I feel so ridiculously safe on airplanes these days.
August 4th, 2015 at 8:35 pm
Gotta go to a meeting in Pecos, TX from Tulsa, OK later this month. Not flying. I’m driving and not getting paid to do so. Screw the airlines and the goobermint.