On May 20, 2:44*pm, Chuck Harris wrote:
Bert Hyman wrote:
(Scott Dorsey) wrote in
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terryS wrote:
Then before boarding a twenty minute hop between two airports within
the M.E. my pocket neon test screwdriver, with a blade all of two
inches long, was confiscated! "Not allowed"!
It's a tool. *You aren't allowed to have tools on US airliners.
They took my Allen wrench away. *When I asked, I was told that I
could use it to take the plane apart. *I pointed out that we were
flying on an Airbus which is all metric, but it didn't help.

Tools (not defined) and screwdrivers less than 7" long are allowed
in carry-on bags.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...tted-prohibite...

However:

* * * * To ensure traveler's security, transportation security
* * * * officers (TSOs) may determine that an item not on the
* * * * prohibited items chart is prohibited. In addition, the TSO
* * * * may also determine that an item on the permitted chart is
* * * * dangerous and therefore may not be brought through the
* * * * security checkpoint.

In other words, if they take a fancy to it, they have license to steal it.

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Could be but I don't think that Arab bureaucrat would have known how
to use it.
Also the voltage 'over there' is 230 volts (50 hertz) so my 115 volt
would certainly 'fire' just through body capacity of an individual
using it!

Yes water! Must be hazardous? Was given a bottle just before landing
in London UK, arriving from the middle east. Not allowed to take it
through the re-security check in the transfer line! Had to drink it in
the presence of the security guy, while we had a most pleasant chat
about our respective growing up some 40 to 50 years ago. Apparently it
ceased to be hazardous down my gullet!

No. It wasn't a North American airline that served that meal it was
IIRC Emirates Air out of Abu Dhabi etc. Very nice service from an
international crew, good planes etc.

Thanks for the leads on finding another neon pocket tester. Terry