eeph, welcome from the shadows. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well, glad to hear that recent security screeners aren't taking away or ruining our smoke hoods these days. Same with my limited recent experience, so either the screeners are: too fixated looking for tweezers and nail clippers, have been trained to recognize that smoke hoods are OK, or should've inspected them per their protocols but didn't. Option 2 would be great, but maybe options 1 and 3 are more likely, and troubling.

If I put a sticker saying, "Safe for air transport" on my shoes, do you think they'd let me keep them on at the security checkpoint? <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />