[jyl]

This is a small thing, I supose, but as long as we are talking about airport security I'm going to gripe about no longer being able to fly with my Swiss Army knife. For decades, the thing was always with me. It even had to be sent back to Switzerland for an overhaul. Now I can't carry it, due to the threat that I could whittle my way through an armored cockpit door with the corkscrew, or threaten a flight attendant with the 2" blade. Seems like an overreaction. What is McGyver supposed to do?

(Oh, I agree a 2" blade could kill someone - a 1" blade could too, and maybe even the nail clippers that also can't be carried. But so could bare hands, or a fork, etc. Now that we have armored cockpit doors and pilots under instruction not to open them regardless of hostage-taking, seems like a terrorist with a 2" blade might kill one person before he's beaten to death by fifty others.)