It has always depended on the airport. The two I know best are Manchest NH and Bulington VT. At Manchester, I WAS able to carry my leatherman through in my pocket, while Burlington let it pass on my belt, to great people at the gates. And yes, it has been a a few months since I done more than drive past an airport.<br><br>Now, it's not only the airport, but also the airline- it has always been that they can add more "security" fetures- and the rent-a-twit that you deal with. Even with a copy of the national and airline regs, you might not be able to get, say, an aluminum cane through, even with a limp.<br><br>Oh, and if you tell them your little metal box is a survival kit, forget it. Ask the airlines- planes only crash by human error and hostile action, and since pilots and ground crew are hand picked from the best of those who are perfect, only hostile action remains. Since we are now able to strip search everyone who looks at all dangerous, there is no way for hostile action to crash a plane. If you feel you need a survival kit, then you must be planing on the plane crashing, so logically, you are planning on attempting a hostile action, which can not succedd because you can't carry anything that might be a weapon, but just be sure, you not getting on that plane. <br><br>*scowls* !*C^ing morons are going to kill us all, even if it is only to protect us from eachother. "If we kill you, you can't hurt yourself or anyone else."