They take the sharps thing VERY seriously. No metal forks or knives; they
even confiscated a woman's two-inch, blunt-nosed scissors from a miniature
sewing kit. You'd be hard-pressed to injure much of anything with this.

At 10:00 PM 1/21/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>In a post the week of Jan 14, in a thread about avoiding dairy in
>airline food, someone mentioned how they pack their own food (a good
>idea; we do it too), and mentioned they take their own plastic
>utensils.
>
>I haven't flown since Sept 11, but I remember reading that airlines
>weren't even providing cutlery anymore, since it could be used as a
>weapon. (If anyone has flown and this isn't the case, don't hesitate
>to chime in). Perhaps a good strong paerve breadstick or pretzel
>might work for spreads, or better yet, make it before boarding.
>
>Ted