WASHINGTON — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals, airlines, and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration’s new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives and sports equipment such as souvenir baseball bats and golf clubs onto planes.
The Flight Attendants Union Coalition, representing nearly 90,000 flight attendants, said that it is coordinating a nationwide legislative and public education campaign to reverse the policy announced by TSA Administrator John Pistole this week.
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Why would anyone need a knife on a plane? Whoever came up with that proposal is an idiot.
I know a lot of people that have a small knife on their keychains. You don't need it on an airplane but why do you have to take it off and throw it away before going thru TSA detectors. Most of them aren't sharp enough to do any damage.
I remember a few years ago when I went to the Social Security office in the Tip O'neil building on Causeway St. Boston. I had to hand over my pocket knife. Fine with me. Not so fine was when I was told that security would not give it back to me after leaving the office.That was only fair and made great sense. Huh? Now they want to allow passengers to pack a pocket knife on board. See? It all makes sense. Huh?