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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by JumpCrisscross on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:37PM (#43007934)
Things I’ve discovered in my carry-on (accidentally): a bottle of wine, box cutter, a weed pen, another weed pen, a large Anker battery, more wine, a chef’s knife.
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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by rsingel on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:45PM (#43008362)
TSA aren't cops.

They have no authority to take a weed pen or detain you for having one.

They can call cops but they can only confiscate items deemed to be threats to a plane and only detain you for the same.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by babyshake on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:14PM (#43008523)
I had the experience once of TSA finding numerous "things" in my luggage, looking at them and clearly knowing what they were, giving me a "you shouldn't have done that" look, putting them back, and letting me go.
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