On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:35:54 -0500, Grady Brandt <gbrandt at Tampabayfederal.com> wrote: >> Pocket knives make terrible weapons. There's no way one can hijack an >> airplane with one. The paranoia that makes them proscribed from >> airplanes is misdirected. > Yes, but they're banning fingernail clippers too, so are you really > surprised? A while back a pilot had his clippers confiscated. When he complained that as a pilot, he could crash the plane any time he wanted without resorting to threatening himself with a grooming implement, they cancelled the flight. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/