[MR] sewing notions on airplane?

[Siegfried Sebastian Faust]

At 12:09 PM 11/6/2003 -0500, Peters, Rise J. wrote:
>That's "medically necessary needles capable of injecting stuff into people."
>
>I fly a lot.  I've flown with my handsewing at least a dozen times since 
>9/11.  Nobody has ever said word one about my sewing needles.  I'm not 
>saying that you won't run into an occasional off-the-wall screener, but 
>the chance of them even noticing sewing needles is pretty small.  So take 
>a couple of needles, not the whole package, so if they confiscate them, 
>big deal.

Except that according to the TSA, officially ... bringing something that is 
illegal to carry onboard to the security station, even accidentally, is 
illegal, and can possibly result in criminal/civil prosecution.  Yes, that 
depends upon the screener, and most will be happy to just confiscate it 
instead.  But the fact remains, that it is illegal, and your best bet is 
just to 'stay away' ...

Siegfried