Lighter Ban Update
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has changed a rule banning unfilled lighters in checked luggage on U.S. airliners, according to new regulations posted on its Web site.
The decision was lauded by Zippo Manufacturing Co. officials, who said earlier this year that banning all lighters from luggage could have cut into their company's sales by as much as 30 percent.
The new rule appears as a footnote on updated regulations posted Monday on TSA's Web site, detailing items U.S. air travelers can and cannot carry.
"All lighters are prohibited as carryon items. Lighters without fuel are permitted in checked baggage, but lighters with fuel are prohibited," the footnote says. (CNN)
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3 Comments:
this is STILL stupid... what the hell is the point of having a lighter if it doesn't have fuel?
I'm going to open a lighter refueling depot at the airport.
Maybe it'll do unfuelings too. unfill and fill service for a fee or maybe a trade in program for those bics...
there's potential here. anybody wanna help work out the details?
I thought about a trade in program (just like they used to do in The Netherlands with bikes)
But I wasn't thinking from a profit making point of view. I was thinking more along the lines of simply avoiding waste.
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