No knives on planes  When was the last time you considered the
need to pack a knife in your carry-on bag for an airplane
flight? Mar 28, 2013  Hopefully, your answer is "never."
Granted, there are those who go on hunting and fishing trips who
need to take along a fillet knife or a hunting blade — but in
those cases, it’s likely to be packed in your checked luggage.
There’s simply no need to bring a knife on a flight.  It’s our
opinion that the recent decision by the U.S. Transportation
Security Administration to allow pocketknives with blades
smaller that 2.36 inches in length with a width of less than a
half-inch on board planes in carry-on bags needs to be re-
routed.  TSA leaders argue that the change is part of a “risk-
based strategy approach” and will allow officers to focus on
uncovering high-threat items such as explosives hidden in
luggage.  While a bomb is more likely to bring an airplane down
than compared to a pocketknife, one shouldn’t take precedence
over the other. Neither have a place on any f