Pilots can no longer have a Leatherman. They were a little upset.

In retrospect, what I've taken from this experience is that we, as pilots,
should be more grateful than ever that we have earned the gift of flight --
and we must be prepared and willing to defend this right, even as the
paranoid amongst us seek to strip it away.

My nephew's flight was heading first for Midway (Chicago), to catch his main
flight back to Seattle. According to Destination Direct, I could have flown
him to Chicago myself in 1:12. Given that we were forced to arrive at the
airport fully two hours before his flight was scheduled to depart, it is
obvious that I could have simply flown him there myself in less than half
the time it took the airlines.

In the future, this will be my preferred method -- and I'll keep *my*
Leatherman tool close at hand in the pilot's-side pocket, where it belongs.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"