I would rather they take a little extra caution, and be safe, rather than sorry later, wouldnt you?
I empathize with the people who have to wait in the long lines, or get held up for something minor, but in these troubled times, but I think most people understand.
People are quick to forget what's in the past, and complain when they are inconvienenced. People want security, but dont want to wait for it.
People expect results right away, don't want to wait for it, then get mad when the results aren't readily apparent. People are quick to point out mistakes, say that something isn't working when they haven't given it enough time to work in the first place.
But, due to the fact that the idiots who do the actual screening are incapable of an independent thought, management feels that a "no exceptions" rule must be in place to cover their asses.
It may not be that the individual's are incapable of independant thought, maybe the management just wants to make the airline industry safer.
I have complete respect for any member of the armed forces, let alone a medal of honor recipient, but why bash an airline or airport for making a judgement call based on thousand's of people's safety to come?
Gen. Foss acknowledges that a commemorative metal nail file — also bearing a Medal of Honor inscription — and a dummy bullet were also in the same pocket of his sports coat as the military medal. Those items were seized before he boarded the plane, but he was allowed to keep the Medal of Honor.
Metal nail files and other instruments with blades are prohibited from aircraft cabins under Federal Aviation Administration regulations that went into effect after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
If they had taken the medal of honor itself, you might have a good point, and hopefully they sent the nail file back to his home address, since it was obviously not an ordinary nail file.