Quote Originally Posted by Strings View Post
Hmmm... maybe I should expand a previous post.

The gentleman I mentioned earlier, who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor in WWII. He was flying out to West Point to give the commencement speech, and decided at the last minute to being the actual Medal along.

Airport security decided that this item was "dangerous", and was going to confiscate it. Took a call to a nearby base to get things corrected.

I have other horror stories to illustrate the point if necessary.

If you're going to fly in the US, make sure ANYTHING that could be considered "a weapon" is in checked baggage!
Heaven help us! I've purposely avoided this discussion of the TSA but if this doesn't underscore how riduculous this has become, I don't know what could.

I'm not a frequent flyer but between the TSA and the airlines' attitude these days, I am trying to avoid flying if at all possible. I remember when it actually used to be fun . . .