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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 08:10 PM Apr 2013

TSA delays plans to allow pocket knives on U.S. flights

Source: Denver Post / Bloomberg News

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has delayed a decision to allow pocket knives on airliners, according to an internal e-mail sent to agency employees Monday.

TSA Administrator John Pistole said in the e-mail the agency wanted to further consult with the airline industry before making the change, according to a person familiar with its contents who wasn't authorized to speak on the record.

The proposed policy change, announced in March, was designed to align U.S. rules with those in Europe and better reflect intelligence on active terrorist threats, the agency said. Instead, the plan provoked protests from flight attendants, air marshals, executives of the largest airlines and the union representing airport screeners.

The decision to delay the April 25 change comes one week after two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more 170.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23082734/tsa-delays-plans-allow-pocket-knives-u-s



Somebody finally pulled his head out of his ass.
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uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
1. Huh, I thought when mine went through screening twice earlier this month that they'd changed it.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 08:52 PM
Apr 2013

I guess they just didn't notice it.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
3. No liquids. I thought they'd changed the knife thing so wasn't as careful as usual and
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 09:18 PM
Apr 2013

my pocketknife got through both ways. I figured they'd already changed the rule. Ah well.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
7. Were they going to make pocket knives ok while still limiting what food, beverages, and
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 10:19 PM
Apr 2013

toiletries people can bring on board??? What the fuckety-fuck-fuck?????

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
8. Mr. Asshole must have gotten worried...
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:06 AM
Apr 2013

that he was about to lose his cushy job.

What a stupid fuck this guy is...and, after all this, he still needs to be fired.

p.s...AND, a sharp little knife, is not what I would want some crazy loon, seated behind me to have, in the event
of a 2, 3, 4 + hour "sequestration" ATC delay!

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