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.
best part is that somehow my boss went through the same security screenings as me but he had a 3-4in folding knife in his pocket that somehow wasn’t confiscated until the return journey
I’m not 100% sure it was in his pocket on the way there, but he claims it was. in any case, it wasn’t in checked baggage.
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
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
in 2024
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 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 2 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 12 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.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
best part is that somehow my boss went through the same security screenings as me but he had a 3-4in folding knife in his pocket that somehow wasn’t confiscated until the return journey
I’m not 100% sure it was in his pocket on the way there, but he claims it was. in any case, it wasn’t in checked baggage.
MML@sh.itjust.works 11 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