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optik_nerve · 12-05-2007, 03:05 PM

I am flying to Philadelphia in January. The only jacket I have is one with a couple of patches that are fixed to the jacket with safety pins.

I've looked around at some TSA prohibited items list and didn't see anything about safety pins but wonder if it could be under "sabers" or any other name.

I would imagine they are but does anyone know for sure if they are a prohibited item on aircrafts or an allowed item?

telekinetic · 12-05-2007, 03:58 PM

I'm only going by the same TSA list you are, but seeing as you can now have pointy metal scissors with blades up to 4" long in your carry on, I think you're ok.

Elphaba · 12-05-2007, 04:38 PM

Optic, I assume these patches are important to you and for that reason I would recommend that you not take the chance of losing them. Are your patches independent of the safety pins in case the "pointy things" are taken?

optik_nerve · 12-05-2007, 05:23 PM

Yea, Elphaba they're just attached with the pins. I've had them on for years and it's the only jacket I own. I wouldn't want to take the risk of losing them but I don't really want to go buy another jacket just for one plane trip to Philly and another one that I'll rarely use. Not really any use here in Florida except for maybe a week or two out of the winter.

Thanks guys.

inBOIL · 12-05-2007, 09:27 PM

It depends on the particular TSA agent you get. I've been told many times to leave behind things that were definitely allowed, (I checked the TSA website just before travelling) and other times gotten through with them. Basically, if you have anything that might concieveably cause injury, you take a chance of having it confiscated.

thingstodo · 12-06-2007, 02:55 AM

You might print out the list of items and take that list with you. Also, the only thing they might take are the pins - you'd still get to keep the jacket.

12-05-2007, 03:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Location: Florida	Question on TSA Regulations I am flying to Philadelphia in January. The only jacket I have is one with a couple of patches that are fixed to the jacket with safety pins. I've looked around at some TSA prohibited items list and didn't see anything about safety pins but wonder if it could be under "sabers" or any other name. I would imagine they are but does anyone know for sure if they are a prohibited item on aircrafts or an allowed item?

12-05-2007, 03:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
telekinetic zomgomgomgomgomgomg Location: Fauxenix, Azerona	I'm only going by the same TSA list you are, but seeing as you can now have pointy metal scissors with blades up to 4" long in your carry on, I think you're ok. __________________ twisted no more

12-05-2007, 04:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	Optic, I assume these patches are important to you and for that reason I would recommend that you not take the chance of losing them. Are your patches independent of the safety pins in case the "pointy things" are taken? __________________ "You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." Molly Ivins - 1944-2007

12-05-2007, 09:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
inBOIL I have eaten the slaw	It depends on the particular TSA agent you get. I've been told many times to leave behind things that were definitely allowed, (I checked the TSA website just before travelling) and other times gotten through with them. Basically, if you have anything that might concieveably cause injury, you take a chance of having it confiscated. __________________ And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

12-06-2007, 02:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	You might print out the list of items and take that list with you. Also, the only thing they might take are the pins - you'd still get to keep the jacket. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

12-05-2007, 05:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Location: Florida	Yea, Elphaba they're just attached with the pins. I've had them on for years and it's the only jacket I own. I wouldn't want to take the risk of losing them but I don't really want to go buy another jacket just for one plane trip to Philly and another one that I'll rarely use. Not really any use here in Florida except for maybe a week or two out of the winter. Thanks guys.