Quote Originally Posted by cessna152towser
Jewdda wrote:-

Perhaps getting more lenient in USA and Canada but my experience of flying both as a domestic airline passenger and as a private pilot in Britain is they seem to be getting stricter all the time, escpecially about things like digital cameras and coins which all must go through the x-ray and they are confiscating anything remotely sharp like a nailfile or scissors. When taking two passengers flying recently I somehow triggered the metal detector and had to undergo a full search before being allowed airside.

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Of course I can only speak from personal experience and that of friends. I know people who have able to bring nail files, scissors, knitting needles etc... onto planes now. Granted, all domestic flights.