Just so you all know what you can and cant take on a plane... I packed my colibri lighter in my checked baggage.... well some TSA agent has a nice colibri lighter now... the long and short of it... you can carry on a lighter on the plane but not check it. also you can carry on cigar cutters.

http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Permitted_Prohibited_8_23_2004.pdf 

i still say you're better off buying some matches or a cheap lighter wherever you're going. i don't trust security. they're too inconsistent.

MOM,

You cannot carry a torch lighter on the plane but a regular flame lighter is allowed.

A lighter in checked luggage may explode from the pressure difference. The cargo area is not pressurized like the passenger area. That is why they are not allowed.

John L

Sorry to hear about your loss. I doubt that it dissappeared due to safety concerns. I put a disposable lighter in my checked luggage and it survived the trip witout being mia. And the pressure did not make it explode or leak. Definately don't bring a good cutter either!

According to the TSA document that Mo'M cited, disposable lighters are acceptable in checked luggage ... I'm guessing that's the case since the fluid in them isn't under any pressure ...

I had the same thing happen to me. I had my lighter, xikar cutter, and a full bottle of butane lighter fluid in my checked baggage. TSA took my lighter but was kind enough to let me keep my cutter and get this...the bottle of butane. This pretty much told me that he was after the lighter. The cargo compartment is pressurized if there are any live animals going on the flight.

Cigar cutters are on the list as being acceptable whether in carry on luggage or in checked luggage, but lighter fluid is listed as no in both ...

Looks like you'll need to borrow my lighter tonight, huh M.O'M.!!! LOL!!!

This is my MAIN problem with the TSA - INCONSISTENCY!

I flew from Louisville to Baltimore WITHOUT taking off my shoes and WITH a torch lighter AND a cutter - which is basically a RAZOR BLADE in a plastic case - in my attache.

I go to the airport for the return flight and get a better exam from the TSA guards than from my own doctor. The guards took my torch lighter and thought about taking my PLASTIC MAGNIFYING RULER but left my cutter alone. So, I flew both ways with a RAZOR BLADE in my attache.

So much for "security" on airplanes. The only way that planes will be secure is for the security to be consistent everywhere, all the time.

Thanks for listening.

Torch lighters are considered incendiary devices and will be confiscated ---if detected-- whether checked or carryon. Guillotine or double-bladed cigar cutters are not considered dangerous goods, either way. But don't try to carry on your SAK! Check it.

HOLY SMOKES! You mean you can't carry on a meat cleaver either?

"According to the TSA document that Mo'M cited, disposable lighters are acceptable in checked luggage ... "

Actually, according to that document, NO lighters are allowed in checked baggage, only in carry-on. I think the bottom line is they don't want any type of either ignition source or accelerant in the baggage compartment. Fires (and subsequent crashes) have happened before.

I will agree that they're not perfect (consistent), hence boofa's butane being left in his bag. Personally, I think it's all a pain the the a$$ --- but face it, if it weren't for TSA folks and their admittedly annoying and sometimes inconsistent security checks, none of us would be flying. Man, I'd really hate driving to Vegas from AL.

Here is the TSA link that lists what is allowed and what is not. Notice the first thing on the list!!!

http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Permitted_Prohibited_12_18_2003.pdf 

Marke

Thanks Marke.

Good info, I must remember to leave my meat cleaver at home the next time I fly.

I'm going back home to Florida next week for a trip and I was hoping to do a little butcher work while I was there, guess i'll just have to buy my steaks pre-cut. Dang!

But at least i'll be able to take my hockey stick along!! That'll really help me out in Central Florida!

Marke