U.S. Relaxes Air Travel Carry-On Prohibitions

[Political Junky]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/business/us-relaxing-carry-on-rules-for-air-travel.html

The Transportation Security Administration said on Tuesday that it would allow airplane passengers to bring pocketknives, golf clubs and other sports items aboard in carry-on bags, loosening some of the restrictions created after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The agency said the new rules, which align with international standards, would allow its security agents to “better focus their efforts on finding higher-threat items such as explosives.” Box cutters and razor blades are still prohibited in carry-on bags.

Passengers will be permitted to carry pocketknives with blades shorter than 2.36 inches long and 0.5 inches wide. Knives with a locking or fixed blade, or those with a molded grip, will still be prohibited.

The new rules will also allow passengers to bring on board previously banned sports equipment like lacrosse and hockey sticks, pool cues and ski poles, as well as no more than two golf clubs. Novelty and toy baseball bats measuring less than 24 inches, or weighing less than 24 ounces, will be permitted as well.
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[Misty]

Cam you bring a full bottle of shampoo? God knows those full bottles of shampoo were such a threat.

 

[RowdyRoddy]

So does this mean we won the war?

 

[Political Junky]

Cam you bring a full bottle of shampoo? God knows those full bottles of shampoo were such a threat.

Blame the Bush Administration for Homeland Security and those Mickey Mouse restrictions.

 

[Jarlaxle]

And people wonder why I absolutely refuse to fly. I'd rather have myself shipped LTL freight.