Had a commuting 777 pilot on my jumpseat last week who warned she had heard rumblings that security services around British and US airports were becoming increasingly worried about the number of people on aircraft claiming to have access to a fire axe. The solution to this, they say, may be move the fire axe/jemmy to a less accessible position so that no one could get at it to use it as a weapon
Remember I am just the messenger - this is just the sort of thing that is going on in the brain of the type of person who confiscated my needle form a hotel sewing kit, leaving me with just the thread and spare button, because I "may use the needle to try and take control of the aircraft."
On a final note - 2 of my colleages had to use the jemmy recently for the reason it was put on the aircraft - to assist them in fighting a fire. Top marks to the smily boys all round - if you're reading, you know who you are
