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i fly between sfo and reno/tahoe int.
pretty regularly, but prefer not to check
bags. however, my trusty leatherman can't
fly with me in my carry-on. in order for me
to avoid the carousels of doom and still
keep my sharp objects, i suggest a sealed,
shockproof plastic pod. these pods will
be
available before the security lines at
airports. leatherman goes in, pod halves
are pushed together, and the pod can't be
opened after you go through security.
when you get to your destination, on the
far side of security will be a small pedestal
that the pod is placed on, and the halves
come apart.
the pedestal can work in a number of
ways. the easiest and cheapest would be
to mimic those rental dvd case, but they
could be as complicated as having a radio
frequency tag reader attached to a lock
that is powered when it is placed on the
pedestal. the combination of power to the
lock, and the correct tag in the pedestal
itself would cause the pod to open. then i
gather up my pointy kit and walk out of
the airport.
no waiting for the baggage, and with
experience this could probably be
accomplished within seconds.
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Huh. I have this in my list o' potential posts, and was going to write it up next. I had just about decided on kevlar pouches like money bags. |
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I was going to put a bar code on the bags, but RFD tags are more high-tech. The thing I'll add is something that you may have assumed. I'd have each bag coded to a particular destination as it is rented/borrowed. The bag can only be opened when the network confirms that it has arrived in the right airport. If it arrives at another airport, an alarm signal goes out. If it doesn't get opened soon after the flight arrives at the right airport, an alarm signal goes out and the renter is searched for. |
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Of course, the standard description for renters of these things is going to be, "bearded male, scruffily dressed, wild-eyed, carries a knife." That's me. + |
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it wouldn't be checked baggage, so it
would get
out the same airport as the person who
was on the plane. i like rfid tags, but
they tend to have a pretty steep start up
cost so cheaper methods could
probably be utilised. |
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[baconbrain] you do realize that kevlar
is more of a rigid material than cloth
right? in bulletproof vests it is a fabric
made up of rigid strands, and isn't
supple. a kevlar box would work
though. |
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//it wouldn't be checked baggage, // Exactly. I was just trying to be sure that there was no way that a person could leave the pack on the plane by "losing" his carry-on. |
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well, if someone loses their carry-on, they
probably have bigger issues than a lost
pocket knife. most people have their
gadgets like a laptop or cell phone there
as well. |
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I can see that I am going to have to be much more clear in my writing. By "losing" I meant pretending to lose, okay? |
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My point is that a terrorist could leave a sealed carry-on bag on the plane for evil purposes. Perhaps there's a well-disguised bomb in it, perhaps there is half a hijacking tool that the next guy needs. I don't know exactly what could happen, but I'm betting that these containers would need to be kept track of. |
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well, these containers would go through
security just like all of the other baggage
used. if a bomb is disguised well enough
to make it through security in this pod,
than it would make it through anyway.
also, a hijacking tool placed into this pod
would not be accessable on the plane. |
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You know, I was thinking about this recently when I found a note in my suitcase on a flight to San Francisco that read: "Knives not allowed. Knife confiscated - TSA." |
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I know that knives can't be confiscated from checked baggage (not without me being detained and questioned, anyway), and told the TSA rep at SFO that, and he said, "So a TSA inspector took your knife? We'll never figure out who did it, and it's not valuable enough to be worth it, so tough shit." |
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I was thinking about a manner of checking knives/tools at the gate and having them go under lock and key to pick up at the exit, but I think I like a method similar to this better. |
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There's a simple way round this. |
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1. Climb into right hand seat of Piper PA-28. |
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2. Turn to guy in left hand seat and say, "Got your gun and knife handy ?" |
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3. Wait for confirmation. |
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4. Check your own gun and knife. |
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5. Take off, and fly to destination. |
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If anything goes wrong, the number of people to blame is very limited. |
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Or just issue every adult on the plane a knife if they
forgot their own. The net result is the same. |
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//Climb into right hand seat of Piper PA-28// |
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The left seat is my preferred seating arrangement. (Still
dreaming of an RV-12 in my future) |
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What, and have to do most of the work ? You can do the takeoff perfectly well from the right hand seat , and then just sir back, tinker with the radios, mutter occasional nav corrections, eat biscuits, drink tea, doze, until it's time to land ... which you can either do yourself, or simply leave to P1, accompanied by the obligatory tut-tutting and slight shakes of the head, gently indicating disappointment verging on pity. |
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