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Like all air regulations, this one is full of holes. (Pilot can’t bring a pocketknife onboard, but has an axe in the cockpit for example). In this case, I supp
by function_seven 10y ago
Like all air regulations, this one is full of holes. (Pilot can’t bring a pocketknife onboard, but has an axe in the cockpit for example).
In this case, I suppose it’d be easier for the terrorist to have a manually-triggered bomb on their lap, vs having to also rig a GPS or time-delay bomb for the cargo hold. Obviously still do-able, but one step harder.
To be clear, I’m not all that impressed by the ban or it’s effectiveness.
- pavement 10y agoAlso, to consider the pocket knife restriction, versus the axe, the axe is an inventoried community possession, while the pocket knife is an irregularity, and inconsistent across cabin populations. Some are big, some are small, some are ineffective as actual weapons, others being designed to function solely as weapons without any other utility. With the axe, it's a known quantity, unconcealable, large and conspicuous, but personal possessions are variable, and the only way to normalize them is to remove them from the equation.
- ThrustVectoring 10y agoFurthermore, bringing a pocket knife into the terminal gives the opportunity to transfer it to another person. An attacker might not be able to convince a pilot to use the cockpit axe for an attack, but could convince them to smuggle a knife through the security screening checkpoint.