Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
I hadn't heard that either. Can you provide a link? I just checked the Swiss website and it list "knives of all kinds" and "corkscrews" (among many other things) as being prohibited in carry-on. It would be useful to know what airlines/countries allow Swiss Army knives.
I got that info from two separate German-version TSA screeners, one in Berlin and one in Stuttgart. This was during the first half of February 2009. So it's recent. I said I hadn't heard about that and he said that was brand new. Cannot give you written source material, though. So when I was still surprised I asked another agent in Stuttgart. He said the same thing.
The conversation came about when I was asking why one couldn't take a 2.5 inch Swiss knife but one could take four inch scissors (effectively two fixed blades with a really good handle). He said:"No, in Europe you can now actually take your Swiss knife on board. Only flights that leave Europe still have the no blades rule."
Given that I got this independently from two people at two airports, I am inclined to believe it. But who knows? Germans have a strange sense of humor... Maybe they were just messin' with me, but it didn't feel like it.
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