Was this before or after 2001?
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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours ago
Reminds me of the time I forgot to remove a pocket knife from my keys before going through airport security…
Staff member holds it up, I notice it and am like “oh no, that’s not allowed, right? oh well, then throw it away, I forgot about it…” - staff proceeds to measure the blade length and tell me “no, it’s ok, that’s allowed” and hands it back to me. I still have that pocket knife now, but don’t intend to try that again.
datavoid@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
in 2024
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
wild. I had a tiny multi-tool with a less than 1-in blade confiscated. The tool was so small that I had forgotten about it inside my notepad
skisnow@lemmy.ca 57 minutes ago
I had a pair of tweezers confiscated. It’s all arbitrary, and everyone who has ever worked airport security is a wanker
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
I looked it up today and it seems that at a lot of airports in Europe (where this happened), the limit is 6 cm. My pocket knife is slightly below that.
MML@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Technically it’s the law a lot of places, surprisingly one of the only places I’ve actually seen it applied as written was at the State Capital, specially listed knives under 3.5" as allowed
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I have this thing called a utili-key, which is a 6-in-1 multitool that folds up into the shape of a key. I’ve flown with it numerous times, TSA never even had a clue it was on my keyring. I went to one fucking Philadelphia 76ers game and they confiscated it. Perfectly encapsulates TSA.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 hour ago
The TSA was once tested by sending 100 people through with guns, knives, and simulated explosives.
95 of them got through the TSA security checks with no problems.
Damn fuckers are so busy fondling balls and looking for shampoo bottles, they’ve forgotten what they’re actually supposed to be doing there.
Oh, and another fun fact: The TSA has never once stopped an actual terrorist. There have been several terrorist attacks attempted since then which were caught and stopped, but they were all caught and stopped by other airport or airline staff, or by other passengers. The TSA didn’t catch a single one, not even one in their entire history as an organization.