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Even their site exempts butter knives http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-informat...ohibited-items. No law is broken until you get on the plane so they can not seize your property for a crime you have not committed.Originally Posted by funkymonkey1111
Newark
im betting she didnt get anyones badge number is there any other way i can look up the incident? they basically stole our shit
edit: she told me they wouldnt give her the form because it was considered weapons and if it had been a snow globe or something she could have filled out a form and had them mailed to her and that she couldnt put it in her checked luggage because once your through the security you cant go back out
Last edited by cofi; 08-14-2013 at 15:31.
why would we pay to send it home(and risk losing it that way) when she can just bring the shit with her?
You'd pay to send it home because you CAN'T take metal forks and knives with you on the plane -- but them claiming they were weapons to prevent her from reclaiming them is BS. Problem here is she has no documentation anymore and I'm sure the fsckers will claim they threw it out. If this happened recently, she MAY be able to get a supervisor to check security tapes but she needs to call immediately. I'd contact both the local head of TSA in Newark AND the IG (and make sure Newark knows you're complaining to the IG). Better yet, since her family is presumably local to Newark, have her father go pitch a fit to them in person -- much harder for them to ignore irate taxpayer loudly proclaiming "theft" in person than Jane Q. Public calling over a phone, especially if it just so happens the local news is present and filming while he's making his complaints. ;-)
No law is broken until you get on the plane? Where the heck are you getting that? You mean to tell me all the times people tried to bring guns through a security checkpoint the TSA waits until they get on the plane?
Further, note that on the "butter knife" exemption the TSA states "Even if an item is generally permitted, it may be subject to additional screening or not allowed through the checkpoint if it triggers an alarm during the screening process, appears to have been tampered with, or poses other security concerns. The final decision rests with TSA on whether to allow any items on the plane." "Poses other security concerns" just about gives them carte blanche to prohibit what they want, even if their website says otherwise, all in the name of "safety."
Look, I don't agree with the TSA here at all--i'm just saying once there's a determination of a weapon (which is what Cofi said) you're not getting that thing back.
Even when I accidentally brought a leatherman into security (it had a small blade) they gave me the opportunity to mail it.
Not to sure about NewArk. But in the rest of the country, they have this thing called INSURANCE to add on to any package sent of value.
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was that recently? they seem to be taking a harder line lately. of course, all the new signs threatening arrest for guns, knives, etc. don't include priceless family silver....
I was curious what there definition of butter knife was. This i s what I could find "A permitted round bladed butter knife has no serrated edges." They should probably clarify that in that link.
Personally I would have never tried to walk on a plane with that silverware. I know what the outcome would be.
Last edited by mtnrider; 08-14-2013 at 16:35.
I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't only fingers.
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