TSA May Reduce Screening Hassles
In a CNN article today it was reported the Transportation Security Administration would consider dropping the ban on razor blades and small knives (as well as other recommendations). Perhaps some of the other recommendations have merit (such as removing the requirement to remove shoes, reducing patdowns, and exempting passanger categories like judges, congress-members, military, etc) is incredibly stupid.
An initial set of staff recommendations drafted August 5 also proposes that passengers no longer have to routinely remove their shoes during security checks. Instead, only passengers who set off metal detectors, are flagged by a computer screening system or look “reasonably suspicious” would be asked to do so, a TSA official said Saturday.
Why in the world would you ever allow a single knife or blade ever onto a flight? There is no reason for it to be in your carry-on (if you need it, check it) because there is no reason you would ever need it on a flight.
Some of the other “changes proposed by the staff, which also would allow scissors, ice picks and bows and arrows on flights” are equally ridiculous.