TSA: What Happens to the 1,607,014 Lighters Confiscated?
Aug 2nd, 2007, 10:07 AM
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TSA: What Happens to the 1,607,014 Lighters Confiscated?
TSA screeners at U.S. airports confiscated 11,616,217 butane lighters in 2006.
Wonder what happens to these lighters? Disposed of, but how. Would be a waste of energy to put them in landfills. Does the government sell them off in lots? Or do TSA personnel take them home?
Solution: leave them in the airport and fliers who could not fly with lighters on the other end could then retrieve a lighter at their destination - with a chit for a lighter they surrender on the other end. Save landfill, save energy.
But as of Aug 4 it will be OK again to carry butane lighters on planes in U.S., the only country to have banned them anyway.
Only exceptions are the "torch lighters" used for cigars and pipes as they have a much stronger and perhaps dangerous flame.
Breast Milk - rules are changing on that as well. Now mothers traveling WITHOUT their infants will be peritted to bring breast milk in quantities great than 3 oz as long as it is declared for inspection at checkpoints. Previously only mothers traveling with their infants could do so.
What am i missing here - why would you need breast milk unless traveling with your infant?
Also breat milk laden passengers will no longer be asked to taste the milk before getting the OK
Wonder what happens to these lighters? Disposed of, but how. Would be a waste of energy to put them in landfills. Does the government sell them off in lots? Or do TSA personnel take them home?
Solution: leave them in the airport and fliers who could not fly with lighters on the other end could then retrieve a lighter at their destination - with a chit for a lighter they surrender on the other end. Save landfill, save energy.
But as of Aug 4 it will be OK again to carry butane lighters on planes in U.S., the only country to have banned them anyway.
Only exceptions are the "torch lighters" used for cigars and pipes as they have a much stronger and perhaps dangerous flame.
Breast Milk - rules are changing on that as well. Now mothers traveling WITHOUT their infants will be peritted to bring breast milk in quantities great than 3 oz as long as it is declared for inspection at checkpoints. Previously only mothers traveling with their infants could do so.
What am i missing here - why would you need breast milk unless traveling with your infant?
Also breat milk laden passengers will no longer be asked to taste the milk before getting the OK
Aug 2nd, 2007, 10:21 AM
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Don't forget all the dangerous weapons like who knows how many millions of nailclippers.
Hijacker to pilot: "Fly into that building and kill everyone on board or I'm going to clip your nails".
The Gestapo even confiscated a one inch long plastic rifle from a toy soldier. To think we have these cretins looking after our safety. Bin Laden probably can't believe his luck.
Hijacker to pilot: "Fly into that building and kill everyone on board or I'm going to clip your nails".
The Gestapo even confiscated a one inch long plastic rifle from a toy soldier. To think we have these cretins looking after our safety. Bin Laden probably can't believe his luck.
Aug 2nd, 2007, 04:03 PM
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I saw a news story a few months ago on the issue of confiscated scissors, clippers, etc. (But not lighters). They are put into allotments and sold on eBay. So if you wanted, you could buy 10 pounds of nail clippers. This is perfect for people like me who always seem to be losing clippers!
I don't know if things like this are still on eBay.
I don't know if things like this are still on eBay.
Aug 2nd, 2007, 08:05 PM
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At this stage of the game, after having put up with the all too typical cretin-like behavior of TSA checkers, I am just glad that TSA does not confiscate artificial joints!!
The first time I went through a TSA screening at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta I had a rather memorable experience.
Naturally when I went through the metal detector my new hip rang the bell. Predictably, I was banished to prrgatory until I could be properly wanded. Some overweight female bellowed out MALE ASSIST. Aftter standing in the detention pen for several minutes, some character who looked like he did not know a femur from a cranium came over to check me out.
As he shuffled up, he says "Whassa trouble?" I replied, "I have a metal right hip." He then asks, Yeah?? Where bouts? I decided to point out the location in lieu of speaking.
I contrast this clumsy handling with the highly professional, quick, and thorough treatment I have gotten in several European airports. In London, the security officer simply said: Sir, may I feel of your hip?" I said You may. And he made sure it was what I said it was and that was the end of the matter.
In Germany, after ringing the gong, I said to the border patrol officer, "Ich habe eine kunstliche Hüfte." The officer just laughed and waved me on. My new shiny piece of metal stood out like a lighthouse beacon on the x-ray.
The first time I went through a TSA screening at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta I had a rather memorable experience.
Naturally when I went through the metal detector my new hip rang the bell. Predictably, I was banished to prrgatory until I could be properly wanded. Some overweight female bellowed out MALE ASSIST. Aftter standing in the detention pen for several minutes, some character who looked like he did not know a femur from a cranium came over to check me out.
As he shuffled up, he says "Whassa trouble?" I replied, "I have a metal right hip." He then asks, Yeah?? Where bouts? I decided to point out the location in lieu of speaking.
I contrast this clumsy handling with the highly professional, quick, and thorough treatment I have gotten in several European airports. In London, the security officer simply said: Sir, may I feel of your hip?" I said You may. And he made sure it was what I said it was and that was the end of the matter.
In Germany, after ringing the gong, I said to the border patrol officer, "Ich habe eine kunstliche Hüfte." The officer just laughed and waved me on. My new shiny piece of metal stood out like a lighthouse beacon on the x-ray.
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