Hi!
>I am pondering on survival and in conection to that on
>survival kits for quite a while. I saw a movie where
>an aeroplane crash results of a person(young girl)
>being stranded in the amazon jungle. So my
>consideration is as follows: knife is a primary tool
>in a survival situation, yet no airline allows
>carriage of pointed intems on board unless its in your
>louge that you give of- so it is not close at hand,
>and in case of an accident will be scattered miles
>around. I think that also no arline would allow a
>rescue tool onboard(a knife with no point) or a tool
>for cutting the safety belt(such as the item made by
>benchmade). A small folding saw, a file and even
>fishooks to my opinion would not be allowed. The
>little scalpel blades included in a survival kit
>are out of order to. So what you can take as an on
>plane survival kit is only string, (wire mybe not
>permited to), and a lighter or matches. Please tell me
>your thoughts on this problem.
>Thanks
>Matej
p.s. if there is already a thread on the topic please let me know