Before you travel by air, it is important to visit the TSA website for a list of prohibited items for airplanes. One reason is for security and now the other is to avoid possible fines. Visit http://www.tsa.gov, click on the "Travelers and Consumers" section until you find the link for "Air Travel - Prohibited Items". Can you imagine innocently packing for a flight, then finding out your going to miss your flight, and be hit with a fine for $500? Play it safe and read the TSA list first. Right now fines range from $250 up to $10,000. Visit tsa.gov today and you'll fine the list of possible fines.
In addition if you are found carrying prohibited items onto an airliner, the next time you travel you will likely be subjected to a higher level of security screening or maybe not allowed to travel at all.
Houston Chronicle
Feb. 21, 2004, 5:00PM
Airline passengers to face fines
TSA will levy penalties on people carrying banned items
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Anyone trying to sneak a knife onto an airplane could be fined
$250 and a passenger with an explosive could get as much as $10,000 under
new guidelines.
Thousands of airline passengers board planes every year carrying banned
items such as cuticle scissors, box cutters and guns.