No more lighters on US flights

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No more lighters on US flights

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ScottM

11:42 pm on Dec 8, 2004 (gmt 0)

No more butane lighters [seattlepi.nwsource.com]

"Smoke 'em if you've got 'em", matches only, please.

robotsdobetter

11:54 pm on Dec 8, 2004 (gmt 0)

Maybe I am just missing something here, but what's the difference between allowing matches and not lighters. They both can start a fire, but I guess maybe it's because lighters can exploded

pendanticist

12:55 am on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Are thumbs next? Can't easily flick 'dat bic widout dose thumbs 'ya know...

See, if they'd clean out the timber - n - seeds before rolling...

Quinn

1:44 am on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

This would be the second time lighters were banned on US flights. The original TSA list included them.

edit_g

3:18 am on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Are thumbs next?

Nope, I've heard rumours that they've found a way to eradicate the problems: no more passengers. ;)

walkman

3:47 am on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

"but what's the difference between allowing matches and not lighters"

No difference. Just those idiots try to shuffle things to make the sheeple feel safe.

chrisnrae

6:20 am on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hmmm, guess I'll find out how serious this is on Sunday. Better bring a pack of matches in case. Trust me - after five hours without a cigarette, they will want me to have a way to light up after I land ;).

mivox

8:42 pm on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Butane lighters only? What about zippos? If it's only butane, it must be the 'explosive' angle.

ScottM

9:03 pm on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

zippos are already banned. I asked about that on the way to vegas. No zippos, even right now.

HarleyGuy

9:09 pm on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

last week I flew out of chicago to aruba then to curacao with my zippo in pocket
no problems

mivox

10:50 pm on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Depends on what kind of mood the security staff is in, I suppose.

skipfactor

10:58 pm on Dec 9, 2004 (gmt 0)

Not to worry, pricey airport lighter kiosks will undoubtedly be startegically placed at smokers' lounge entrances.

ogletree

4:55 am on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

I had a $100 cigar lighter taken from me in the Vegas airport. This was a year ago.

BlobFisk

10:21 am on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hmmm - in Europe it's the other way around: no matches but lighters are ok....

victor

11:34 am on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

In Europe you can still buy duty-free bottles of extra strong spirits just before boarding the flight.

Hmm, so not only are you taking aboard a deadly weapon -- you can smash the bottle to release highly flammable fluid while retaining a jaggedly sharp hunk of glass as a blade -- the government has given you a discount to purchase it.

Don't they know there's a war on?

duckhunter

1:44 pm on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Dorgan cited FBI reports that would-be "shoe-bomber" Richard Reid would have been able to ignite his explosive and blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner three years ago if he'd brought a butane lighter with him.

So the FBI figured he couldn't ignite his explosive with matches? Sometimes I really wonder how people get paid for coming up with this stuff. And they are getting paid with your tax money

pmac

1:51 pm on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Just a gentle reminder that we don't want this thread to take on a political slant.

:-)

mivox

7:34 pm on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

a political slant

*raises fist in the air*

YEEEAAAAAHHHHHH! Give me butane or give me DEATH!

sun818

7:57 pm on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

looks like the tobacco lobby in washington dc are not doing their jobs lately. how do you think they got delisted the first time around?

roscoepico

8:07 pm on Dec 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

So the FBI figured he couldn't ignite his explosive with matches? Sometimes I really wonder how people get paid for coming up with this stuff. And they are getting paid with your tax money

He tried and failed with the matches.

chrisnrae

5:24 pm on Dec 19, 2004 (gmt 0)

They let me take my bic lighter on no problem to and from Chicago this past week - and I even had the complete security run through (my tickets keep getting flagged lately).

graywolf

1:59 am on Dec 20, 2004 (gmt 0)

I saw a woman with a pair of knitting needles recently.

hannamyluv

3:47 am on Dec 20, 2004 (gmt 0)

Dorgan cited FBI reports that would-be "shoe-bomber" Richard Reid would have been able to ignite his explosive and blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner three years ago if he'd brought a butane lighter with him.

Yeah, that and the fact that he tried to light them in plain sight of the crew and other passengers. ;)

ronin

4:12 pm on Dec 20, 2004 (gmt 0)

That's a good point.

Why on earth didn't he go to the toilet cubicle, where no-one could have attempted to stop him and where he would have had the luxury of going through as many matches as he needed to before the fuse lit?