Originally Posted by
coachrowsey
Well today spoke to one of the few TSA folks I talk to.(By the way invited him to join FT.) Heres the scoop. He stated there is no flashlight policy HOWEVER if the supervisor considers the flashlight can be used as a weapon such as the 3cell & larger mag lites as well as the flashlights with the strike bezel(I showed him a picture he never heard of it) they most likely will not be allowed.
So, just like anything else then. It's "allowed" until an imaginative TSA screener envisions some way you can use it to hurt someone (note: "hurt someone", not "endanger aircraft"
), then they take it away from you.
(Is this my chance to point out that even I could probably choke someone with a necktie? Think of the stink in political/ bureaucratic/ business circles if TSA started confiscating ties at the checkpoint!
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