Tools in cabin luggage.

[DaveReading]

Note that it's and/or, so having a sharp or pointy blade means no, regardless of length.

Particularly given that the 9/11 hijackers were armed only with Stanley knives (box-cutters).

Having said that, the way they used those to achieve their ends would fail nowadays, in fact it's hard to think of any weapon that could be used in a successful hijack strategy.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

No.

Looky at Government Regulations here:


Note that it's and/or, so having a sharp or pointy blade means no, regardless of length.

You're reading that wrong, it means knives with blades and/or points are permitted provided they are no longer than 6cm.

 

[DaveReading]

You're reading that wrong, it means knives with blades and/or points are permitted provided they are no longer than 6cm.

It doesn't say that at all.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It doesn't say that at all.

Happy to hear your interpretation, or an explanation as to why you think I have it wrong.

 

[DaveReading]

Happy to hear your interpretation, or an explanation as to why you think I have it wrong.

You said

You're reading that wrong, it means knives with blades and/or points are permitted provided they are no longer than 6cm.

which implies that any knife (with or without a point) is OK provided it's less than 6 cm long.

But the Regulation says that the following are banned:
any knives with a sharp/pointed blade
any knives with a blade longer than 6 cm

In other words, a knife with a point is not permitted even if under 6 cm.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

which implies that any knife (with or without a point) is OK provided it's less than 6 cm long

That's precisely what it means. Which is why I was permitted, at two different airports this year, to carry my knife on board an aircraft. On each occasion I showed it to security and double-checked it was ok, so it's not a case of me sneaking it through.

This is identical to my knife, with the longer of the two blades being just under 6cm.


The signs at the security screening area now show that knives with a blade of 6cm or less are allowed, anything longer goes in the bin provided.

I would still check with the airport prior to flying, as these regs can change without notice.

 

[DaveReading]

That's precisely what it means. Which is why I was permitted, at two different airports this year, to carry my knife on board an aircraft.

If that's how the Regulation is being applied, fair enough, but that's still not what it actually says:

Not Allowed: Knife (with a sharp or pointed blade and/or blade longer than 6cm)

Think about it - if all knives under 6 cm are allowed, and all over 6 cm are banned, then framing the Regulation in terms of whether or not the blades have a sharp point would be, well, pointless.

 

[ianbarton]

There was an interesting article in one of the newspapers recently where an airline pilot had a knife confiscated. The knife was the same as the ones that the airline gave to passengers with their meals. "Yes ,I am the pilot. I am carrying on a knife to hijack myself on my own aircraft".

 

[DaveReading]

There was an interesting article in one of the newspapers recently where an airline pilot had a knife confiscated. The knife was the same as the ones that the airline gave to passengers with their meals. "Yes ,I am the pilot. I am carrying on a knife to hijack myself on my own aircraft".

"Or to incapacitate my copilot prior to flying my aircraft into the ground, in case the crash axe/crowbar in the cockpit isn't sufficient ..."

 

[G3CWI]

In a far away place, a long time ago, I followed a man through the body scanner who when asked if he had anything metal in his pockets, pulled out an automatic pistol which he handed to the security man. He walked through the scanner and was promptly given it back. I'm guessing that he was a plain-clothes on-board security person, but it was rather surreal.