CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -
Weather related cancellations provided a timely narrative at Charlotte Douglas International, but the announcement of relaxed rules by the T-S-A opened a fierce flood gate of conversations and worst case scenarios.
Randy Kapner was headed to Philadelphia and feels a different policy can bring its share of risks.
"You're telling me that you can jab somebody in the neck with a cork screw like a pilot or disable them or kill them," he said.
Many passengers call it a case of going from safety to insanity.
Bill Saville who was boarding a flight in Charlotte said there is a fine line.
"A knife is a weapon or a tool."
That may be at the heart of the argument behind the revised policy.
However, not everyone is up arms.
We found members of the golf team from Holy Cross University, and understandably they're in favor of the updated policy, since clubs will be allowed on board.
Morgan Powers is the captain of the golf team.
"I think it can be dangerous if the right person gets a hold of it, but in general I don't think it really can be," she said.
April 25th is date the new date those rules go into effect, but between now and then passengers here and elsewhere are hoping the feds will have change of heart.
"It makes absolutely no sense. A knife is a knife. Kapner said."
Across the nation the Flight Attendants Union is on the record said they oppose the changes, and at Charlotte Douglas, a number of T-S-A workers said privately off camera they feel the same way, but are planning to follow to the new guidelines.
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