Paddyinuk
YOU ARE PERPETUATING THE PROBLEM!!!!!
You say that a security jobsworth took away your keyring and you dont think it was in anyway dangerous........but just before this you say you would have taken away an old ladies knitting needles and have done a similar thing in the past, commenting
The few times iv done similar the passengers usally sit back and have a bit of an understanding giggle
This implies you and the pax concerned know what you are doing is petty/pointless/stupid/whatever, BUT YOU STILL CONFISCATED SOMETHING FROM A PAX!!!!
If everyone involved in the industry would just turn around one day and say 'enough!! lets use common sense!!' then maybe things would change for the better.
You never know, you may actually find that everyone gets less stressed out and half of these 'Air Rage' type incidents might not happen.
OK, Rant off. Sorry, but I am one of an increasing number of pax that is finding that the whole hassle of flying post 9/11 such pain due to petty rules enforced to cover someone elses arse/make certain poeple in authority feel important/make politicians look like they are doing something!!
Regards, SD..