On a recent flight out of Italy my wife and I were stopped as we were going through x-ray. On opening our hand luggage for inspection we found we had left all our babies eating implements in there (eg knife fork and spoon) rather than just the spoon needed on the flight.
After some discussion the staff asked which airline we were flying with. We told them and they said "That's ok then" and let us continue with all our cutlery onto the plane.
Why would the airline make such a difference?