Stage Four

On March 7, 2013 Daily Kos Labor blog published an article by Laura Clawson called "Flight attendants and air marshals protest TSA decision allowing small knives on flights." This article does not really have an opinion stated, but pretty much just states the facts and references some comments made by flight attendants and air marshals. As I assumed, they are completely against the regulations that now allow passengers to carry on small knives and sport equipment likes bats and golf clubs.

Clawson quoted a comment made by an air marshal, "It's as if we didn't learn anything from 9/11," said George Randall Taylor, head of the air marshal unit of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA). "Flight attendants are going to be sitting ducks." I completely agree with their concerns and comments because you don’t know what anyone is capable of.

Why would you need to bring a knife onto an airplane in the first place? As we’ve learned from past experiences, airplanes can be destructive and kills hundreds of people if they are hijacked. Allowing weapons on an airplane not only increases those risks but can also make passengers nervous. Travelers can part with their knives and sporting equipment for a couple of hours while they’re 30,000 feet off the ground with no reason to use it and reunite with them once they arrive at their destination and retrieve their luggage.

In conclusion, I think the author of this article is also against passengers boarding their flight with weapons and I completely agree with her. It would be beneficial for everybody to regulate the rules and make traveling a safer process in general by prohibiting all passengers from boarding their flight with weapons.