In news:Ru3Re.317916$xm3.75009@attbi_s21,
Mark Lipton > typed:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what the offical rules are, but even if a
>> corkscrew
>> is permitted, it's possible that an inspector might think it's
>> not and take it away from you. I had a corkscrew in my
>> carry-on
>> luggage taken away from me a couple of years ago (the rules
>> might
>> have changed since then, though).
>
> The rules *did* change a couple of years ago, Ken. But, I
> agree with
> you that it's better safe than sorry, especially as you aren't
> permitted to *use* the corkscrew on the plane.


In my instance I wasn't very sorry . They wanted to take it and
give it back to me when the flight arrived, but rather than
bother collecting it, I told them just to keep it or throw it
away. It was a cheap waiter's corksrew--maybe worth $2-3.

Perhaps 25 years ago I read that it was permissable to bring your
own wine onto a plane, as long as you didn't serve yourself, but
asked the flight attendant to do it (the rules have probably
changed on this too). So I brought a bottle and carried a
corkscrew. Being a law-abiding citizen, when dinner was served, I
gave the bottle and the corkscrew to the flight attendant and
asked her to open it.

She gave it back to me, saying, in a disgusted tone of voice,
"open it yourself!"

So I did.

--
Ken Blake
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