[pct-l] Flammable items on planes

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

Strange considering that you can legally pack 200-300 rounds of ammo in your
checked bags...but you cannot have a lighter or matches in your checked
luggage...

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Woods" <wpsnotebook@charter.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:57 AM
Subject: [pct-l] Flammable items on planes


> Just saw a piece on the news last night:
> Starting Thursday, air travelers who smoke will have to find other ways
> to fire up after devices are prohibited on all flights
> By MIKE RICE
> The Kansas City Star
> . . . lighters will be banned from all commercial flights beginning
> Thursday.
> . . . The ban imposed at all U.S. airports by the federal
> Transportation Security Administration prohibits travelers from
> carrying butane, Zippo, electric or battery-powered and novelty
> lighters past security screening checkpoints.
> . . . Air travelers carrying lighters will have to surrender them to
> screeners. At some airports, but not at KCI, a private company can ship
> lighters to a passenger's home for a fee. If someone regards his
> lighter as a valuable memento, aviation security officials strongly
> suggest that he leave it at home.
> The ban, which the Transportation Security Administration announced in
> February, is in response to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
> Prevention Act of 2004, which President Bush signed in December. The
> act requires butane lighters to be added to the list of prohibited
> items aboard planes.
>
> Maybe an item for the KO crowd's last minute shopping
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