[supercat]

The simple fact of the matter is a pipe lighter where the flame can be locked on is a prohibited item “dangerous good” as classified by IATA.

Fair enough. Then the man should have been given back his property and allowed to make alternative transportation arrangements for his property and/or himself.

[Political Junkie Too]

Then the man should have been given back his property and allowed to make alternative transportation arrangements for his property and/or himself.

I noticed during recent travel that a booth has popped up at the Oakland Airport where a passenger can have prohibited items stored for a dollar. It isn't a secure location, just some entrepeneur maintaining a roped off area with a bunch of boxes stacked up.

-PJ