Originally Posted by
tkey75
Umm, the perpetrators of the 9.11 hijackings were armed only with box cutters. Don't be fooled. It can happen again.
Pilots and flight crews were also taught to cooperate with hijackers, cockpit doors weren't reinforced, pax didn't risk their lives to try to interfere with hijackers, etc.
The threat of a repeat 9/11-style hijacking even if small sharp objects were allowed onboard is remote at best given the (unrelated to screening policies) differences between today and 9/11.