Airport security confiscates thousands of pocketknives ALBUQUERQUE (AP) =97 Some airplane travelers still don't get it, said Mike= =20 Dewey, federal security director of the Transportation Security=20 Administration in Albuquerque. More than a year after the stepping-up of=20 security standards at airports across the nation, Dewey said he still has=20 the best collection of miniature pocketknives in the state. That's because= =20 the objects, although banned on commercial flights as carryons, are still=20 being confiscated by the box-load every day the Albuquerque International=20 Sunport. Dewey said he thinks passengers have been slow at adopting new=20 packing habits and remembering to empty their pockets. Maggie Santiago,=20 TSA's customer service manager, said she encourages travelers to check the= =20 agency's Web site for the most up-to-date list of items that will not be=20 allowed through security checkpoints. "It's a good idea if you're heading=20 off on a trip to check and see what may have changed," she said. TSA=20 screeners report having collected almost 5 million prohibited items,=20 including 40,000 box-cutters =97 the tools used by Sept. 11 hijackers. Items= =20 such as nail files and tweezers were banned under the first set of TSA=20 guidelines, but are now allowed. Sharp knives and pointed scissors, =97=20 regardless of size =97 are still prohibited. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week:http://www.ttsailing.org/ TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************