Originally Posted by
AllTheNines
I was just about to say the same! Travelling with a friend last March, he had his confiscated by staff at LIS as apparently it constituted a weapon. This was despite us already clearing security at Funchal earlier that same day, technically the same country and same security rules but the staff in LIS were having none of it.
Good to know that it's just the local idiots. I'll need to figure out a short trip to take my tripod on so that I can file a complaint.