Travelled Dub-JFK on Wednesday in J. I'm on liquid medication for a cough and I forgot to pack a spoon when transferring the liquid into a small bottle to bring on board. Cabin crew very kindly gave me a CE spoon and said I could take it with me.
Fast forward to security at flight connections and my bag gets taken out for a hand search. The agent asked me if I was carrying any knives or sharp objects in my bag to which I obviously said no. Imagine my surprise when he pulled out the BA spoon I had been given on the DUB flight and said the sharp point on the end of the handle was a concern!
Not being overly bothered I surrendered the offending spoon and continued my journey. Afterwards it made me think that if 1 spoon from the new cutlery presented a concern to security at LHR, how do BA manage with a whole cabin full of potential weapons?!
On my return to Dublin last night I did examine the handles of the new cutlery and they do seem rather sharp although I'm not sure they would be sharp enough to be considered a weapon!!
I am sure that this was nothing more than an overly cautious security officer as I presume any new design of on board items such as cutlery have to checked for this sort of thing or does the airline have free reign to do as it wishes with the design of such things?