In a previous article, "Ash Wyllie" said:
Paul Tomblin opined
back, the screeners discovered my BuckTool (like a Leatherman, it's a
folding multi-tool with two 7-8 cm long knife blades) that I'd totally
forgotten about and which had been in my bum bag on the trip out.

Fortunately Newark Airport has a Staples so I bought an envelope and some
stamps and mailed it back to myself.

The TSA could buy a lot of good will, and make some money by having envelopes
at the security sites, and sending Leathermen and other tools along with the
passenger in a secure part of the airplane. Or mailing them home.

I'm not going to fault the TSA screeners at Newark. Not only did they
find the Bucktool that I'd stupidly left in my carry-on bag (I'd
remembered to put it in checked every other time I've flown commercial
except the flight out) but it was the TSA screener who suggested the
Staples store solution and who walked me over to the mail box after I
bought the envelope and stamps.

I will fault the Rochester NY screeners for not spotting the Bucktool on
the way out. *That* is why I don't think the TSA is making us much safer.

No, what is making us safer is the will of people like you and me who say
"If somebody tries to take over this plane, I'm going to kill him or die
trying." I say that to myself every time I get on a commercial plane.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
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