Get a grip.
Composite knives and metal knives for that matter are NOT credible threats to aircraft safety. Want a sharp slashy-slashy-stabby-stabby instrument? Break a glass or a tray table. It's POINTLESS (pun!) to keep on harassing people like this. Visit Zurich sometime. There is an impressive number of knives for sale at the airport, past security. No one uses them to try to hijack planes.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ACES II:
Tazi, you just made the case for the
random screening. Remember the guy they caught in New York a couple of weeks ago who was going to Hawaii? He had a number of knives made of composite material. How did they catch him? Random search. So I guess it does have its uses afterall. From what I have read, the guy had connections with Al-Queda associates. Maybe he was not going to actually do anything on that flight, but maybe it could have been a dry run. Afterall, the 9 clowns who succeeded on 9/11 did accomplish at least one dry run before they struck. Maybe, just maybe, the screeners stopped something from happening at a later date. We just might not ever know.</font>
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