TSA Will Permit Knives on U.S. Planes

They probably already do but without any of their own employees knowing it.....

Golf clubs as carry-on?

We might as well approve box cutters along with the small knives! After all... Flight Attendants were murdered with a weapon as small as a box cutter on 9/11. What is happening to our country???

I carry a small fruit knife to cut things like an apple as I am unable to bite into one. a small pocket knife like the Swiss Army knife, about 2 1/2 inches folded also serves the same purpose.

KNIFES!!!!!! Leave the knifes at home and let me leave my shoes on!!
I recently carried on two golf club shafts. I did not know golf clubs were mot allowed. I watched a man two people in front of me carry on a LARGE walking stick. The TSA agent almost screamed at me about golf clubs not being allowed as carry on. I calmly told him they were walking sticks. He said "oh, ok, no problem"

Give me back my right to keep my shoes on

in the last 3 weeks, I was on a day trip, KSMF-KLAS-KSMF. Both the airline and TSA at KSMF allowed me to carry two bowling balls on as carry-on without a problem. In fact, they didn't say a single word.

the same airline at KLAS told me that I wouldn't be allowed to carry them on, after checking in 2 bags, though the same airline and TSA at KSMF didn't have a problem. I went up and told the TSA, who laughed in my face (actually, the airline's face) as they never heard of that problem, though they along with me complained to the airline about such a bogus policy. Said agent went back for retraining.

My gripe: why should I get pinged for bowling balls, if the TSA is allowing KNIVES onboard?!? It makes absolutely no sense that a bowling ball would be more dangerous than a knife, or a nursing mother's milk supply.

Idiocracy at its best.

911 Happened with box cutters, correct me if I am wrong but aren't most pocket knives longer than that... Great idea!

But they are getting new, spiffy uniforms (other TSA story)...

This is going to be a blow to the California Department of General Services. This will be a severe impact to their revenue stream from auctioning off the items seized at KSMF.

Sounds like someone has been hitting the sauce !! What is the TSA thinking ? Totally Strange Assessment.

Isn't the cabin a strange place to want your golf clubs? Why is there a demand for needing pocket knives whilst sitting on a seat? And surely hockey sticks aren't valuable enough to want to protect them from the luggage handlers? It all sounds a bit unnecessary to me - use the hold like all normal people would!

That is because everyone knows that hockey players drop their sticks and gloves when they want to fight so would never use a stick as a weapon!! What is next?

There should be lots of cuts available from the TSA as they function primarily without the use of their brains...even with their new uniforms for which the taxpayer is about to pick up a $50 Million bill.

As everyone is already used to not bringing small knives on board, why would they reverse the rules and now allow small knives ?? Where's the logic ???

I think it was George Carlin who said it, but why bother carrying a knife on a plane? Just wait until the food comes out and they'll give you one!

This allowance of knives and the $1,000 per uniform to make grouping more upscale, just proves my point, TSA = Terminally Stupid Agency.

You, and many more of the folks here may disagree with me at first thought. After a few moments to digest what I am going to say some may come to realize how far past a stopping point we have gone.

Simply said, the U.S. along with the T.S.A. finds itself in the aquard position of having imposed restriction which far surpass anything actually required to insure passenger safety. EVERYONE HSA OVERREACTED.

More than a few small knives needs to be dropped from the banned list. Our focus needs to be on restricting movement into the cockpits and increased air marshall / crew defensive abilitity. Combine that with some simple profiling (yes I said the dread word) will go much farther than what we presently have in place to promote in air safety.

What about that dangerous toothpaste and mouthwash we cannot bring aboard? This country is terrible. The "leaders" are atrocious. This industry is dying and no one makes any move to repair what the last 2 administrations have ruined. BOTH Bush and Obama are incompetent morons with nothing more than moronic cabinet leaders, all in it solely for themselves. Someone in the cabinet obviously has a keychain from grandpa that wasn't allowed on board, and POOF, the change is made. Screw these people!

Idiots...what a stupid (another) mandate from the TSA. You see the people we have in place to protect us, aren't really protecting us! This is shameful and sickening!!!

For once in a long time common sense prevails. As any seasoned traveler knows, the convenience of having a small knife, I carry swiss one, is a must. So for those of you who worry about a small knife, nothing will happen on a plane today involving a small knife or in fact any other threatening thing, because my fellow passengers and I would never let it happen!

But we still need to remove our shoes?

Knives, bats, golf clubs, and hockey sticks on the plane but i still cannot take a bottle of water or shampoo...

TSA = Talking stupid again

They took my wine knife (waiters friend) with a blade of about half an inch from my bag on Tuesday, the same day that I then saw this article on ABC news so they must not have been aware of this relaxation of the rules. Interestingly they didn't pick it up on the originating flight, just when I was returning home.

If you would take a close look at the size of the knives permitted, you would find that these knives are usually part of a money clip or on the end of a watch chain. They were never a danger to anyone. With the Government practically declaring bankruptcy, how dare they spend $1000 per for new TSA uniforms.If they must spend the money, up the salaries instead and get some people with brains and people skills

Exceptions, exceptions, exceptions.... why the change. There's absolutely no reason for this. How many of us are complaining about our knives? Personally, I have no problem leaving it home. IMO, RIDICULOUS!!!

Why would anyone need a knife on a plane anyway?

I feel so much safer now that I know that the TSA is making things happen.

This is truly amazing but the TSA just like all other government agencies and business that decrease or change security regulations must announce it to the world. Instead why not be smarter and "Just Do It" without announcing this to the world. We will now allow knives but still refuse to allow water. Is this just another way for the airports to ensure their kiosks and business can continue to make the large profits? Most likely yes - But we will take knives and announce it to the world. Than again if we didn't tell everyone the flight attendants would get frightened and of course act accordingly - so we have one vicious circle. Heck, I would rather see us allowed to take water instead of a knife - we have gone so many years with this requirement that we are all now programmed to leave them at home or pack in our checked luggage.
DJ

First class must be getting pissed off w/ those plastic pinic knives....hell why not...box cutters worked why not small knives. Stupidity is the norm and idiots are a dime a dozen.

I wonder what moron in the DHS decided to allow ANY type knife on board? 2.4 inches is longer than an industrial razor blade in a box cutter handle. Also, those fancy uniforms make for a more impressive Dog and Pony Show.

It's awe inspiring! They're using bait! They have to justify their existence. Find an armed terrorist and let the "Media" know. Brilliant!

As far as knives on board a commercial A/C....Flight Crews and Air Marshalls will put a "Halt" to that notion! What the hell are they thinking? It's amazing how quickly we forget about the "Attack on America"! Didn't we learn anything from the mistakes that we made? Who gives B757 and B767 simulator instructions to the enemy? Why do we let them do dry runs on the Flights? Why do we tell the world we are letting passengers carry on Golf Clubs, Hockey Sticks and little Swiss Army knives? I question the "Common Sense" of our Government security agencies!!! I question the government....period!

Dangerous and irresponsible. As was noted on morning TV today, so what's the reason to not allow knives on planes? Oh, that whole 9/11 thing. Government is supposed to protect the public safety. They failed miserably on 9/11, and they're failing us again.

What has really gotten into these governmnet run agencys? Why does anyone in their right mind want to, or need to carry a knive (weapon) on board of a moving aircraft. Also, it does not make any sense why the people of the government would want their citizens put in danger with weapons on board. While I do realize that the pilots are locked in their own room, We are the ones who will be dealing with the consequences. I hope that someone will go against this policy

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TSA to let pocketknives aboard passenger planes

The Transportation Security Administration will allow travelers to bring small knives, golf clubs and hockey sticks into airline cabins for the first time since 2001, TSA chief John Pistole announced Tuesday.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/03/05/tsa-knives/1964941/

Where can I sign the petition?