>>A lawsuit waiting to happen, I should think<<<br>The lawsuit would have to be brought against the FAA, which probably wouldn't be very fruitful.<br><br>Another problem I see with the no-knife policy is that it really isn't that hard to smuggle knives or even guns onboard given our current screening capabilities and practices. A terrorist could easily walk onto any airplane with a box-cutter (or worse) under his clothing and it wouldn't set off the metal detector. The no-knife policy serves only to disarm all of the honest, law-abiding passengers who might otherwise be able to resist the terrorists. If I were a terrorist, I would be very much in favor of a no-knife policy on airplanes. It would make my job a lot easier and safer.<br><br>