I do the same David.
Back in the mid-eighties, my wife and I traveled to Japan and Okinawa.
While passing through one of the airports (I think it was Osaka), I was
asked to remove the contents of my pockets when going through the security
check. The one I carried at that time was a very small compact one (blade
was maybe 1.5"-2"). It was inspected very carfully. I thought they were
going to confiscate it from the look on the guys face. He handed it bvack
to me and instructed me NOT to remove it from my pocket while on the plane!
A few weeks ago, I picked my daughter up at the airport with a slightly
larger pocket knife and, like you, placed it in the basket. no problem.
But, that WON'T happen anymore, you can count on it. I think even long time
airport employees will be heavily scrutinized from now on.
Gerard
At 6:04 AM -0400 9/13/01, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>In a message dated 9/12/2001 11:36:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>wolfbj@prodigy.net writes:
>
>
>> When they say no weapons, they mean it. Not even a pen knife.
>
>I travel with a small pocket knife in my pocket. We flew to England and back
>last summer and I had it all the time--placed it in the small basket when I
>went through the metal detectors. They always just looked at the contents,
>including the pocket knife and passed me on through--no question. Bet that
>will change.
>
>--David C.
>
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