From Richard Littlejohn of the Daily Mail.

If you think that's insane, passionate fisherman Mick Bell tells me he was stopped at Heathrow for carrying a lifejacket, which he wears when fishing deep waters.
The guard said the small CO2 cannister used to inflate it could be used to fire a weapon.
No problem, said Mick. There are spare cannisters in the life jackets under every seat on every plane. I can borrow one of those.

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Brilliant reply from Mick though! I hope they werent too harsh with him.

Tom

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Try boarding an aircraft with some size ten trout flies as i did.

Our Kid's a dentist, she got some tools taken off her. What was she going to do -"Take me to Jerovia or I will give you a filling"

Err....... fair enough, but you get the gist

A mate of mine was also asked if he could remove an eye as staring hard at people could cause the plane to crash. I bet the cabin crews are loving it, Nazis wearing foundation, and as for the girls .....

They jump into a swimming pool once with a life jacket on and think it's a lifetime licence to sneer.

When I saw the title I pooped myself!!! Im of down to visit Mick and his wife for the weekend!!! This will be a wee topic to yelk about over a dram!!

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Some Fishing photos!!

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...t=71c37867.pbr

tell him to get on here i have another rod i want

I seem to remember a letter in the pages of FF&FT on a similar subject concerning carrying life jackets with inflatible cannisters on Ryan air flights a few years back, it seems nothing changes

I would assume the canisters on life jackets on board airplanes are Civil Aviation Authority approved units which probably have to meet stringent safety measures that prevent them prematurely firing in a rapid depressurization situation. Where as the ones on commercially available jackets might not have to meet the same standard. Also the fishing jackets inflate automatically, where as I'm pretty sure the one's on airplanes only inflate when the chourd is pulled, to prevent the aisle being blocked by inflating jackets. So I'd agree that for the use of firing a weapon it is pointless not allowing them, though I would guess there are other valid safety aspects that might prevent them being taken into the cabin.

I could be wrong, Just a thought.

Please bear in mind, this is The Daily Mail we're talking about here. Hardly a shining beacon of unbiased reporting.

What's even more ridiculous is that it presumes that security would allow a suitable weapon on the flight... Which would have to involve at least one suitably sharp projectile, a barrel tooled to accept the cylinder at one end and some kind of mechaisim to retain pressure after perforating the cylinder in order to release it explosively at the intended moment...

I assume that Mike didn't actually have such a weapon in kit form?

Are you sure it wasn't one of those cannisters the scary bloke in No Country for Old Men uses after he's flipped a coin to see if he'll let them live? I can hear it now: Mick to security guard: "Heads or tails?...."

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