Back in March, the TSA decided to go further with their historical lack-of-thinking-rules-through and not-trying-to-have-them-make-logical-sense by allowing certain knives and “sports sticks” on planes again, because — no kidding — Europe was doing it. Well, when the stewardesses heard about this, they got all up in arms because now that they don’t have to deal with drunken passengers wielding Swiss Army knives anymore, they don’t wanna start again.
This WAS going to become the new rule, but not anymore…
Because, screw the fact that it’s only happened once in history — they were sober and wielding box cutters on 9/11, but still — it could happen again. Astronomical odds always trump passengers’ convenience, and at 2,000 pocket knives being confiscated every day by the TSA, that’s quite the trumping. Long story short, the TSA finally gave in to its wife, the International Flight Attendants Association, and had to go back and tell us kids that we’re too young to keep those Swiss Army knives after all. “As mommy pointed out, just because the European neighbors are doing it, that doesn’t mean it’s right for us.”
See also:
- TSA Updates Banned Items List To Make Even Less Sense
- Airport Security Has Not Been Thought All The Way Through
- The Theatrics Of Airport Security
- The TSA Finally Detected Explosives
- Why No Fly Lists And Naked Body Scanners Don’t Work
Via NPR
