Originally Posted by Manx

Indeed. This is obvious when you look at what "actions" have been taken:

- No nail clippers.
- Buy extra duct tape

A pen is sharper and mightier than nail clippers. Pens are not only acceptable, but regularly provided on international flights. It only takes the threat of a pen to the jugular to hijack a plane.

I read about this tactic and others in my farmers alamanac.... which I took out of the library along with a copy of Catcher In The Rye.