Ease of Travel

CNN reports that on Friday the Transportation Security Administration will announce that they are easing the restrictions on sharp objects aboard planes, choosing instead to focus more on explosives instead.

The change in rules, expected to go into effect December 20, will allow for some scissors less than 4 inches long and some tools less than 7 inches long.

While I think it’s a good move, I don’t understand how taking the focus off sharp objects necessarily improves the ability of TSA screeners to locate and identify explosives, especially when most of that is done with complicated sniffer devices.