It looks like the TSA will be allowing some items on airplanes that have been banned since 911. These items will be include scissors and screwdrivers.

The TSA’s internal studies show that carry-on-item screeners spend half of their screening time searching for cigarette lighters, a recently banned item, and that they open 1 out of every 4 bags to remove a pair of scissors, according to sources briefed by the agency. Officials believe that other security measures now in place, such as hardened cockpit doors, would prevent a terrorist from commandeering an aircraft with box cutters or scissors.

The one group that is opposed to these changes are the flight attendants.

However, many flight attendants do not believe sharp objects should be allowed on board. They argue that even though such items would not enable another Sept. 11, 2001-style hijacking, the items could be used as weapons against passengers or flight-crew members. “TSA needs to take a moment to reflect on why they were created in the first place — after the world had seen how ordinary household items could create such devastation,” said Corey Caldwell, spokeswoman for the Association of Flight Attendants, which has more than 46,000 members. “When weapons are allowed back on board an aircraft, the pilots will be able to land the plane safety but the aisles will be running with blood.” via the Washington Post

My wife is a flight attendant and it looks like this Corey Caldwell is a nut. For 60 years of flying, the aisles never “ran with blood” as people smoked, drank, and caroused on airplanes. Now one incident, and ol Corey is thinking that each flight will be a Wrestling Cage Match, with the flight attendants being the hapless referees getting smashed and gouged at every opportunity.

Give me a break.