Originally Posted by
SATTSO
I agree with most of what you said. Scissors should not be allowed, nor nitting needles.
I agree with the drill regulation, and actually no part of a drill can go through the checkpoint, not just the bits. I agree with this completely.
I think that you have it backwards. Scissors, knitting needles, drills, etc. are not going to take down airplanes or be successful in hijacking them (unless you are MacGyver). The prohibited list should be leaner so that you won't have to be looking for items that while may be "dangerous" (such as my pen
), aren't that risky to allow on board. As such, you can then concentrate on looking for the items that do matter - guns and explosives, so that you will be less likely to miss them.