You have GOT to kidding me....
At a time when governments and airlines are banning more and more from the cabin, and reducing the size of carry-on bags, baggage-handlers come up with this nonsense??
My knife (leatherman), my Maglite torch, my knitting needles, even my bloody toothpaste now HAS to be checked.
Fellas, MORE stuff and MORE weight is being forced into checked luggage. Not less.
Industrial manoeuvring, no doubt....