Another US Air Travel thread

[Bruno]

Oh, by the way - the covering your belt with your hand thing doesn't work, either. And the precious metals in a ring aren't going to set the detector off.
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I noticed that from my wedding ring, but how then can they prevent someone from smuggling a platinum knife onboard?

[Wildtim]

I noticed that from my wedding ring, but how then can they prevent someone from smuggling a platinum knife onboard?

If you had enough platinum to make knives out of it, I'd think you would buy the plane not hijack it.

[Bruno]

If you had enough platinum to make knives out of it, I'd think you would buy the plane not hijack it.

Well, Osama B. is a multi millionaire. Platinum is extremely expensive, but you could make a pretty good knife out of 50K euros worth of platinum.

[JLStorm]

True but ceramic is cheaper and more effective. Hell some ceramic and other non detewectable items as well as some non brass cased ammo and you have a gun...

Well, Osama B. is a multi millionaire. Platinum is extremely expensive, but you could make a pretty good knife out of 50K euros worth of platinum.