I am just getting around to checking my email. As far as a blunt sewing
needle, when I went to Canada in September 2002 (actually on Sept 11), I
couldn't take a needle on board. However, I asked nicely, and the flight
attendant lent me her "emergency" sewing kit, which they all carried. All
that
Spiders,
I've been off the list for a week - on holiday and came back to just
under 200 posts but this one made me think. My partner has just moved
from Oz to the UK and whilst in Oz was in Security at Adelaide airport -
I'll ask him about flying with lace equipment there and post back.
Liz
Yesterday on BBC Radio4 Col Randall Larson, who runs a security company in
the US gave his view that the US doesn't want a 100% security system on
airlines. You can listen to what he said on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/thursday.shtml
click on "security on the ground" next to th
Like everyone else I have been concerned about what would, or wouldn't, be
allowed into the cabin. In my case I wondered about a sewing needle, even the
bluntest one I could obtain. Now I wonder why, given a Sudanes passenger
flying from Washington, DC to Dubai via London Heathrow was found by
