Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sal DiMarco,Jr. wrote: > You are imagining problems where there are none. The new TSA people > seem > to be well trained, polite, understanding, reasonable and intelligent. This is (a) entirely true, and (b) completely irrelevant. When issues of security are raised, training, politeness, understanding, reason, and intelligence has nothing to do with the decisions that are made or actions that are taken. The (only) two governing principles in such circumstances are (a) fear, and (b) policy. Currently, people are having nail files and 1.5" long Victorinox pocket knives taken from them, while women with six inch long knitting needles are let on aircraft as though it was the most natural thing in the world. If confiscating knitting needles or RapidWinders became part of the policy, then no amount of polite reasoning or intelligent behaviour on either the part of the passenger or the security guard is going to change the fact that you can kiss both the knitting and the photographic equipment goodbye. As is the case with nail files today or 1.5" long Victorinox knives. Never mind that they are sold at the Tax Free in a number of airports -- after you've cleared security. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html