Beginning April 25, several items that are prohibited on planes will be allowed, including small pocket knives, announced TSA Administrator John S. Pistole. The TSA said the change would align them more closely with International Civil Aviation Organization standards.
The decision to allow knives has raised many eyebrows including those of Delta Air Lines’ CEO Richard Anderson, who said it would increase safety risks, according to ABC news.
New items that would be allowed on planes:
- Small Pocket Knives – Small knives with non-locking blades smaller than 2.36 inches and less than 1/2 inch in width will be permitted
- Small Novelty Bats and Toy Bats
- Ski Poles
- Hockey Sticks
- Lacrosse Sticks
- Billiard Cues
- Golf Clubs (Limit Two)
These similar items will still remain on the prohibited items list:
- Razor blades and box cutters will remain prohibited in carry-on luggage.
- Full-size baseball, softball and cricket bats are prohibited items in carry-on luggage.
We asked our Coventry Patch Facebook fans what they thought of the changes:
Cher Pryor: I have never been on a plane n now I don't think I ever will.
Linda Waleryszak Langevin: I don't think there is any reason to have to carry a knife on a plane. Put it in your checked luggage!!
Andrew Beaulieu: If knives are okay I would like my ruger LCP....like they say "never bring a knife to a gunfight
Christine Berard Ongano: I've been on a plane several times. I agree that there r certain objects u do NOT need on a plane...I can't carry a bottle of moisturizer unless it's less than 3 ozs or a nail clipper but someone can carry a knife? Whatever...I'd like to understand exactly what goes thru the heads of the decision makers!
Maryjane Izzo: Makes me think they don't know what the heck they are doing!!Knifes come on,then I had shampoo bottles taken from me and ladies razor.
Christopher Maynard: Crazy. I got an idea. Let's allow the same small weapons on the plane that allowed the 911 hijackers to takeovers the planes AND spearheaded the creation of the TSA. Then the TSA can frisk kid's in wheelchairs and take way our shampoo with more efficiency.
What do you think? Should pocket knives be allowed on planes?
Bri
11:30 am on Friday, March 15, 2013
I think we should bad all airplanes. They are not safe! How many people die each year either in accidental crashes or hijackings... and the stress they cause to others is harmful, too.
We should definetly ban all airplanes. After all, if it saves one life isn't it worth it?
Pouncer
10:23 am on Sunday, March 17, 2013
I wanted to troll you, and I even started to. Then I thought, Perhaps you just don't know any better. So instead I'll say this. Accidents happen all the time in all manners of travel. Truth of the matter is that more people die in car accidents than in planes. The only difference is that more people die in a single plane accident than a car accident. Unless of course it was a tractor trailer stuffed to the max with clowns. In which case no one would care because clowns are creepy. (I'm kidding btw) Air transportation does more than just move people around. It makes it possible for overnight parcels from just about anywhere on the globe. Including items of utmost importance such as medical supplies or even donor organs.
I enjoy your enthusiasm, but I don't believe you really thought it through.
Leave RI
12:38 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
The new locking system wouldn't allow any gun let alone a knife into the cockpit. If it causes quicker travel through check points and keeps the airlines from going out of business then it's not that much of an issue. Now for those who would say "tell that to the victims of 911" and other boiler plate excuses..again they all gained access to the cockpit and would have accomplished the same thing with a sharp pencil....I would much prefer to ban yoga pants and people with back fat that hang over the center arm rest and smell like chicken soup.
Bob Havey
4:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
Bazookas and hand-held grenade launchers should be allowed too.
The TSA is a few clowns short of a circus.
Leave RI
9:22 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
Bob! We must travel in the same airports!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/22/article-1099322-02DDE6F1000005DC-977_233x423.jpg
Cadre
10:17 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
I LOVE YOGA PANTS!
Bob Havey
7:58 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
LRI - LOL! Well, it seems you've found one of the missing clowns. Now if we can only round up a couple more the TSA will be under the Big Top - where they belong
Jenna D
2:46 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
how can letting knives on planes now make travel go faster? so if now someone has a knife on them you have to start measuring it etc etc. how is that going to make it fatser than just banning altogether?