The situation is this You have too many people out there with all the answers. We are under the control of the FAA first, the indevidual airlines second, the airport authority third, the local law enforcement forth, then the company we work for. Yes we would take away a large hat pin or any other tool that was directed by any of these departments. A safety razor is still allowed to be brought on board an aircraft.

Every airport has its own add-on requirements, for instants we were told to pull all aerosol cans the contained a flammable liquid/gas. But that was rescinded by 9/20 as being to harsh. We allowed box cutters before 9/11, but not now.