Packing Plastic Knives, Forks and Spoons

[KIS]

With all the extra airport security, am I going to have trouble if I pack several sets of plasticware in my luggage that I check in?

If so, do you think I'd have trouble if I left out the plastic knives?

KIS

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by KIS
With all the extra airport security, am I going to have trouble if I pack several sets of plasticware in my luggage that I check in?

If so, do you think I'd have trouble if I left out the plastic knives?

KIS

I doubt it will be a problem in your checked luggage.
For a list of allowed items, go to www.TSA.gov

 

[KIS]

Thanks. That's quite a list. Sad, but necessary. KIS

 

[cudworth]

we just got back on the 18 th and we had no problems with plastic spoons and knives in our carryon.

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by KIS
Thanks. That's quite a list. Sad, but necessary. KIS

Sad but necessary, totally agree. BUT, why corkscrews and not scissors? Which would be more lethal? Knitting needles? No danger there. The list really makes no sense for some items.

 

[NotUrsula]

What always strikes me about that list is that, in trained hands, a shoestring or a sharpened pencil is a more deadly weapon than most of the items there, but how likely is it that TSA is ever going to say that we can't have lace-up shoes?

I got hassled a few months ago about a bungy cord on my carryon. (One specially purchased b/c it has plastic hooks on it, yet.) A bungy cord is ELASTIC! Elastic wouldn't exactly be my tool of choice if I were going to try to tie someone up.

 

[KIS]

I'm using a bungy cord on our stroller -- oops! Is this really a problem? We use it to secure the frame when the umbrella stroller collapses.

KIS

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by KIS
I'm using a bungy cord on our stroller -- oops! Is this really a problem? We use it to secure the frame when the umbrella stroller collapses.

KIS

It might be if you are taking the stroller through security.

 

[NotUrsula]

I actually carry that bungy all the time, b/c I often carry on a booster seat, too, and it comes in handy. I've only been warned about the bungy once, when I wasn't using it and had it stowed around the handle of my carryon.

It was just the silliness of thinking it was a possible weapon that got to me. I could see that they might have concerns about one with heavy metal hooks, as one might conceivably use them like a club, I suppose. However, this one (from Lewis N. Clark) has lightweight plastic hooks, so that possibility is not an issue.

I really don't think that restricting little everyday tools (other than box cutters and large knives) is all that important in the security battle; I think that what counts most is keeping the cockpit secure and keeping people who lie about their legal status or identity off of flights altogether. Pilots used to all carry Leatherman tools, but those became forbidden under the new rules. Personally, I *want* the pilot to have a pliers and a penknife handy if a switch breaks or a crucial wire gets disconnected during flight.

 

[pumpkinboy]

Originally posted by GAIL HAYDEN
Sad but necessary, totally agree. BUT, why corkscrews and not scissors? Which would be more lethal? Knitting needles? No danger there. The list really makes no sense for some items.

I dunno, someone with knitting needles might knit an Afghan
Wouldn't want that!

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by pumpkinboy
I dunno, someone with knitting needles might knit an Afghan
Wouldn't want that!

Can we call that an OOOOOOOF? LOL, that was a good one.