mrtravel wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:

The remaining changes, such as preventing people from taking knitting
needles on board, are a stable-door closing reaction that has not done
anything to improve safety, exactly because of the change in passenger
behaviour.


Knitting needles are permitted.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...ted-items.shtm


The list is still stupid.

You can bring a walking cane, but not a hockey stick or pool cue.

Kniting needles are banned in Australia.

But the amount of inflammable material you can take on board (2kg of
matches, for example) is unbelievable. You can also take 2 litres of
lighter fuel, though nowadays you'd have to buy it in the secure area
because of the general (and totally stupid) limit on liquids.

Sylvia.