I travel 6-10 times a month by air, and had never been asked to see the flashlight in my carry on until recently, so thought I'd share.
The trip was from Montreal to JFK. IIRC the security check in Canada for flights to the US is done by US officials.
Being stopped at the x-ray is routine for me as I carry a lot of photographic equipment, a PC, PDA, GPS, misc chargers and gadgets, so I thought they wanted to do the wipe down for explosives, but the officer went straight for the tiny Russtang Ti bodied EX10 in the side pocket of the daypack.
Before opening the pocket, he said 'There's something dense here, probably a flashlight' in which he was absolutely correct. (I had the urge to ask if he was a flashaholic but thought better of it).
He took a look at it, didn't turn it on, put it back in and thanked me for my patience.
I've had varying degrees of competence from the T**, but will say that at least some of them are highly professional and polite.
Some of my friends carry a camera monopod strapped to their carry on roller cases but get through security with no problem. These monopods are fatter and heavier than a 6D Mag. They extend to about 6 feet and can certainly be used to take a swing or poke something. I check mine to avoid any sort of trouble.
OTOH, while his monopod was OK, I've heard of one of them having a tiny 10 inch souvenir baseball bat confiscated because they fall under the category of 'bat'.
Some of the people who man security points will just do what they are told, some are more human and get the bigger picture.
My previous EDC was an Arc4 and that was never considered dangerous. I'd say it's pretty safe to carry single celled lights but stay away from the pointy stuff. You never know when you'll come across someone in a bad mood or just wants to flaunt their 'authority'.
Oh yeah, good luck if you move to the next job :thumbsup:
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