On travelling from New York to Ottawa, and a screwdriver.
Recently (last week) I flew up to Ottawa on Porter Air. I went EWR→YTZ→YOW.
I was really hoping to gate check my bags rather than regular-check them, it's easier and all, so I made sure to leave my frightening Leatherman tool at home this time.
I forgot that in my backpack were two 6" screwdrivers.
In Newark, nobody blinked at anything, I got to gate-check my bag.
In Toronto City Centre, when I went through security, they got scared because of a keychain screwdriver (it's less than 2" long--see here except mine is black). "It's a tool. Sorry, you can't bring that on board." Um, what about the screwdrivers in my bag? They didn't even see or care about those.
Go figure. At least they let me go back and check through my bag rather than summarily confiscating it.
Actually, though, I do recommend Porter if you have to fly to Canada, they're quite nice.
I was really hoping to gate check my bags rather than regular-check them, it's easier and all, so I made sure to leave my frightening Leatherman tool at home this time.
I forgot that in my backpack were two 6" screwdrivers.
In Newark, nobody blinked at anything, I got to gate-check my bag.
In Toronto City Centre, when I went through security, they got scared because of a keychain screwdriver (it's less than 2" long--see here except mine is black). "It's a tool. Sorry, you can't bring that on board." Um, what about the screwdrivers in my bag? They didn't even see or care about those.
Go figure. At least they let me go back and check through my bag rather than summarily confiscating it.
Actually, though, I do recommend Porter if you have to fly to Canada, they're quite nice.