Knives back on Airplanes
Jan 10, 2005 | 10:55 am
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I also got them in Dec on CO.
Way to go, CO. Thanks for realizing that knives are no more a threat to aircraft than the Boogeyman is. ^
Way to go, CO. Thanks for realizing that knives are no more a threat to aircraft than the Boogeyman is. ^
Jan 10, 2005 | 12:49 pm
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Originally Posted by speedbird001
I traveled round trip on Continental last week and was given a real knife to cut my food. Did I miss something or have the rules changed?
Thanks for the CO news. That sounds like things are being loosened, eventually these stupid eye candy things the TSA does, and probably the agency itself, will be dissolved.
Jan 10, 2005 | 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by LessO2
eventually these stupid eye candy things the TSA does, and probably the agency itself, will be dissolved.
Jan 10, 2005 | 5:27 pm
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Originally Posted by myrgirl
What's bad is while you guys are sitting in F cutting your steaks with real knives, I'm sitting in the breakroom hacking away at my pork chop with a plastic butter knife. 
Don't they trust you with a knife?
Jan 10, 2005 | 8:55 pm
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Originally Posted by myrgirl
What's bad is while you guys are sitting in F cutting your steaks with real knives, I'm sitting in the breakroom hacking away at my pork chop with a plastic butter knife.
Jan 11, 2005 | 2:22 am
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Well this all is utter bull****. People tend to forget that the true vulnerability was the attitude of staying low profile during a hostage taken. Sep. 11th changed that fundamentally. The knives were irrelevant, since a broken bottle would have worked as well.
Jan 11, 2005 | 5:41 am
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Originally Posted by speedbird001
I traveled round trip on Continental last week and was given a real knife to cut my food. Did I miss something or have the rules changed?
However, I'm finding it's more and more common to get real knives when traveling in FC these days or up in Business or First Class for an overseas journey.
The only exception seems to be flights to the UK -- plastic knives always, even in FC/BC. If I fly from the US to AMS (NL) or another country, it's always metal -- and has been for quite some time.
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Jan 11, 2005 | 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by SDF_Traveler
The only exception seems to be flights to the UK -- plastic knives always, even in FC/BC. If I fly from the US to AMS (NL) or another country, it's always metal -- and has been for quite some time.
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Jan 11, 2005 | 5:47 am
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What all of you fail to realize that there is no danger in having knives on board airplanes -- only in bringing them on board.
To think otherwise is to deny the TSA's raison d'etre.
This would be catastrophic as the TSA is already severely lacking in raison.
To think otherwise is to deny the TSA's raison d'etre.
This would be catastrophic as the TSA is already severely lacking in raison.