I just got back from a quick trip to see my family in L.A. As I was repacking my carry-on for the return flight, I found my Laguiole folding knife, which I had forgotten to take out of my bag. That means that I boarded a flight from JFK to Ontario, CA with a 5 inch not-fucking-around metal blade with corkscrew in my carry-on.
Why did I have it in my bag? I used my backpack when I was clearing my office out at my old job right before my trip and I forgot to take it out. Actually, there was a moment when the security folks kind of conferred over my backpack image on the screen, but then they let my bag pass without checking it by hand.
So while the last time I took a flight, airport security made me throw away my (extremely dangerous) empty travel coffee cup, and travelers have to chug their (volatile and threatening) bottled water before passing the checkpoints, this managed to clear the X-ray machine.
Doesn't that make you feel safe? Don't you want to thank Homeland Security for the bang-up job they're doing, protecting the parched from Vaseline terrorism?
double grrr to airport security!
that's reassuring. on my last flight to LA, security confiscated my lip gloss and moisturizer but ignored my matches and lighter. good thing i'm not a pyro.
I'm going to LA this weekend and planning on bringing my lunch on the airplane. I wonder - can much damage be wrought with a Tupperware lid?
I think they saw you weren't wearing a turban or blankets as clothing and figured you as safe.
Last time I went through airline security they were giving me sh*t for having a smaller ziplock bag (to hold my toiletries) than is regulation sized (one gallon).
Meanwhile, my shoe bombs completely escaped their notice!
Wow... That's a really nice knife.
man... my laguiole corkscrew, no knife, didn't make it past security at santa barbara airport in 2003... had to give it up... i miss that thing...