...And Cabin Crews Balk At TSA's Latest Changes

[Sport_AV]

When the Transportation Security Administration announced new passenger-screening procedures and a revised prohibited-items list last week, the Air Line Pilots Association thought it was a good idea. "We feel it's a move in the right direction," Bob Hesselbein, chairman of ALPA's security committee, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "We have to keep the focus on the facts of the terrorists and the techniques they use, not on our fears of what they could do." The new list will allow small scissors and screwdrivers on board. However, the Association of Flight Attendants – whose members work in the passenger cabin, while pilots operate behind locked doors -- opposes the change.

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[SilentWarrior]

I can understand why the AFA would complain about this. At the same time I am glad that TSA has finally taken notice of the travelling public and added this bit of sanity. At least you can take a complete personal hygiene kit in your carry-on now, and not split things up in your checked baggage (which may or may not arrive when you do).