Originally Posted by bambi47
I think, and I may be wrong, that "tape measure" is on the allowed list. Some tools that are allowed are tools used to attach or adjust a prosthetic limb, eyeglass repair kits, things they just don't think will be used to take a plane apart.
Tape measures are not listed on the TSA's publicly available lists as either prohibited or allowed.
That said, I've carried tape measures on hundreds of flights with never a question by a screener.