<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sowalsky:
My problem with the screeners is that they don't think; they just act like robots brainwashed into whatever moronic rule is currently employed. They don't "think" that maybe, just maybe, that the little old lady with the darning needle is harmless. They just see "sharp pointy object" and therefore they immediately act on their newly instinct to search her. And the list goes on. Seriously, if I ever had the misfortune to work at a company like this, I would act like they want me to act in "training" but once I am employed on my own, common sense would actually kick in.
Common sense.... not much of that at airports these days. Was there ever?</font>
Haha...I'm glad you're not in charge of security because you've already showed your lack at identifing potential threats. The knitting needles, while not danagerous with the old lady are dangerous when someone else grabs and then jumps at an FA. As a law enforcement officer I've seen other people take weapons from other people. Have you ever seen a TV show that shows the inside of a prison? Big prisons don't let their guards carry weapons inside the prison because any weapon that the guards have, the prisoners could have. That's common sense.
Actually this doesn't really matter, knitting needles aren't on the prohited items list.
http://www.tsa.dot.gov/trav_consumer..._prohibit.shtm
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