Security Confiscated Ramset Ankascrews from My Wife Today before Her Flight to Chile - Was This Reasonable?

GOCAT9 on 29/05/2019 - 10:15
Last edited 29/05/2019 - 10:24 by 1 other user

My wife is departing on QF at midday today for SCL leaving Sydney. I gave her a small packet of Ramset Ankascrews (containing 10) to take to Chile.

These you would describe as bolts for fixing into concrete. I am aware that you cannot carry tools as carry on. To me, “tools” would be things like power tools, screwdrivers, chisels, hammers etc. But would bolts be classed as tools?

Anyway, they took them from her. To cut a long story short she asked why, they said they were “dangerous”. She then asked how they were “dangerous”, they replied, “ because you could “alter the aeroplane”.

What do you guys think? Do you think these were too risky and should have been confiscated or were they overzealous?

BTW, she was allowed to take on board several long ball-point pens!

Travel

Comments

  • ItsMeAgro on 30/05/2019 - 13:33

    Was This Reasonable?

    Of course not.

    But airport security security aren't know for being reasonable, are they?

    Don't get me wrong, our society would be 100 times better if everyone was committed to doing their job properly, but airport security are notorious for this sort of scummy nonsense.

  • vengeance88 on 30/05/2019 - 13:35

    Suggest product name is changed to Ramset Wankascrews…. because… well, because that's what OP thinks about the security guards and their decision

  • redslert on 30/05/2019 - 15:12

    You can request for the item to be held and for you to pickup upon your return.

    • twww on 30/05/2019 - 16:56

      Really? I'm sure they would charge a holding fee?

      • redslert on 30/05/2019 - 18:38

        No fees.
        Had a screw driver that I thought I 'lost' but found when going through x-ray and found at the bottom of my bag!

  • beefmaster on 30/05/2019 - 19:07

    Domestic airport security confiscated my wife's nail clipper so unsurprising to me they took your ramset ankascrews

  • MelCheapo on 30/05/2019 - 19:17
    +1

    They should have taken them. If someone scattered some bolts about the aircraft, or even better handed a long bolt to air crew and said, "is this meant to be just laying on the floor?", any crew worth their salt would raise it as an issue, then you get deplaned, the aircraft back to the hanger and people going over it through the night. Hopefully an engineer would spot the bolt and say, "there's no way that was ever fitted on an aircraft", but by that time a manager would be concerned about a CASA investigation and how the airline/maintenance reacted and it all spirals down from there.

    Things like loose/lost bolts have brought planes out of the air. Better to cancel a flight, lose a big bucket of money and get a heap of disgruntled customers, than to kill 300 odd people in a screaming fireball of death hurtling out the sky; at least that's how I was taught to think when I was in the industry.

    Security did the right thing for the wrong reason.

  • Nads2407 on 30/05/2019 - 20:27

    Is this a troll post?! i cant take it seriously. lmao

  • Mrgreenz on 30/05/2019 - 20:47
    +1

    Reasonable

    /thread

  • CalmLemons on 30/05/2019 - 21:25
    +1

    Put it in your check in luggage, not your carry on, why on earth would you need those whilst flying.

    Also, anybody can just use those as a blunt hard weapon, they would do a fair bit of damage.

  • neyo on 30/05/2019 - 21:46

    Michael Schofield is that you?

  • kev98 on 31/05/2019 - 07:51

    Why was she taking anka screws to Chile? Do they not sell them there?

  • kaleidoscope on 31/05/2019 - 08:46

    Thanks OP for the cheerful post.

    Its almost like you’re testing the security and their scanning equipments for whatever reasons I don’t understand. It’s just a pack of 10 which could easily have been put in checked in luggage and it isnt like there are no local supplies in Chile.

    We need more posts like this imo…🤣

  • MementoMori on 31/05/2019 - 10:40

    Yes it's stupid but you need to expect stupid.

  • JimB on 31/05/2019 - 11:01

    I can't comment if security did the right thing but Ramset Ankascrews are awesome. So much better than dynabolts.

  • Androo305 on 31/05/2019 - 12:24

    You screwed up.

  • Sergeant Salami on 31/05/2019 - 16:06

    She should have bolted!

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