What am I missing here?

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by jasonglh

Ironically I got this article in an email today:

TSA detains Marine escorts
Trio escorting body of fallen comrade are stripped of dress blue coats, searched at airport

http://www.marinetimes.com/story.php...25-1755845.php

I recall reading that article in the last few days ... appalling. That was beyond my comprehension. That truly was not acceptable.

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

I agree, there needs to be a line for people who travel often enough that they know what they are doing.

Almost every time I get to the checkpoint, I get behind some travel-challenged individual who has to be recycled repeatedly for not taking the notebook out of the case and putting it in a tray by itself, take off the shoes, take off the jewelry, empty the pockets, take off the jacket, show us your ticket, etc., etc, etc.

On a lighter note:
From a civvie standpoint, you know you travel way too often when:
... you keep a stash of customs claim forms in your desk - and fill them in days before you hit the airport - i.e. when you receive you itinerary - inc. your regular inbound/outbound duty-free purchases
... you bring along an extra claim form in case your flight gets bumped
... you not only wear the same [butt-ugly] shoes for each flight, you purchased them specifically because they have no metal shank and slip on/off in seconds
... you keep a large zip-lock baggie (or 2) in your laptop bag for keys, camera, cell phone, etc. to be easily placed into and retrieved from tray
... you never wear a belt, underwire bra, or a revealing top under the sweater /coat that they are certain to ask you to take off
... you know that United and O'Hare have some unGodly deal with Mother Nature for Friday evenings, Sunday Nights and Monday mornings - i.e. "your flight is delayed due to high winds"
* which always occur during the afore-mentioned times
** watch the "delayed flight" passenger exodus to the nearest lounge and calculate the revenue

One good pat-down from Olga and multiple delayed hub departures and you learn mighty fast.

[Basenshukai]

About a year ago I had to take an international flight on a personal trip to South America ("Block Leave"). At the last minute I decided to use a bag I typically take to work (for my PT gear and such) as carry-on luggage. Well, I empty it out and put in it my computer stuff and most of my electronic gadgets (laptop, IPOD, extention cords, etc). When I finally make it onto the international flight, I remember wanting to check for my adapter for the laptop computer while in flight, and began to search through one of the smaller pockets in the bag now sitting under the seat in front of me. Suddenly, I feel what seems to be a knife handle. I feel my way down to it and then I realize I had my SOG Seal 2000 in that bag as I was cleaning out my desk the week prior (I do that every so often back at the team room - my desk gets too messy at times). So here I am, on a packed flight with a knife you'd stick into a boar. The SOG Seal 2000 is about the biggest knife I own (and the heaviest for its size). I chuckled at the fact that I saw TSA employees taking nail clippers and nail files away from people in the same screening check point. I think those people suck.

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by Basenshukai

... I think those people suck.

Good Story! Scary to know you slid the knife through, but good to know you managed to have a personal 'carry' at hand, especially in South Africa.

That said, it makes no sense, does it? Your carry-on bag should not have cleared with a knife.

(Next: Please DO NOT answer below here on this thread as quoted reply. But if FS or others want to offer PM advice for personal safety, please do)

I would dearly love to order an FS "Girly" Special [bra sheath], but I haven't yet as security locally is not nearly as much of a concern as it is when I travel out of Canada, which is 96% of my travel. It is money wasted if I can't safely pack it in checked luggage or better yet, carry it with me on my person for 'initialdepart-->initialarrival-->stay--enddepart-->endarrival' trips.

If Basenshukai ( AS Tango1) can get his Big Boy blade through carrry-on Security, then I'd want my FS special on my person or carry-on, too.