Carrying on board a sewing machine?

[Hvr]

Back in ADL the security call is remove all areoles, laptops, iPads, umbrellas, liquids, and sewing machines.

Given the areoles in the picture I'm not surprised you have to remove them.

 

[Matt_01]

@Hvr I should have used a spell checker however you have given me food for thought in how to decorate my bag when I put it in the seat next to me and hope someone does not sit on it

 

[AIRwin]

@Hvr I should have used a spell checker however you have given me food for thought in how to decorate my bag when I put it in the seat next to me and hope someone does not sit on it

Reminds me of the family dinner scene in The Sound of Music...

 

[mbeder]

Does anyone have a definitive answer on needles & wool? My daughter is travelling on an international QF flight soon and there is conflicting information on the Qantas site vs the government’s travelSECURE site.

 

[Quickstatus]

needles & wool

Will never be definitive, as the final jurisdiction belongs to the security at the airport

…………..…

What about helium balloons?

 

[MelMel]

Does anyone have a definitive answer on needles & wool? My daughter is travelling on an international QF flight soon and there is conflicting information on the Qantas site vs the government’s travelSECURE site.

Both Home Affairs list of allowed items (travelSECURE) and Qantas both say yes. Of course you never know if you’ll get an overzealous security person. I would suggest she put in a “rescue thread” on her knitting just in case the needles are confiscated.

 

[Quickstatus]

say yes

They actually don’t say “yes”.

HomeAffairs use the word “may” to preface the “items permitted” list

 

[MelMel]

They actually don’t say “yes”.

HomeAffairs use the word “may” to preface the “items permitted” list

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Agreed....with the usual escape clause that it is up to individual security officers and airlines

 

[Quickstatus]

individual security officers and airlines

And what side of the bed they got up from that morning

 

[straitman]

Maybe have a look at these as they are taken from CASR 92 which is the authority.

 

[NM]

What about helium balloons?

Are you trying to overcome the carry-on baggage weight restriction?

Gate agent: Sir, your carry-on bag weights 11.2kg and the limit is 10kg per passenger.

Quickstatus: Yes, but I am carry a bunch of 15 helium balloons, so the total net weight is 9.8kg

Gate agent: <scratches head> ... ummm, I guess you are right to board then

 

[Quickstatus]

“May”

= whatever the security people feel like.

 

[straitman]

Yes however with a decent knowledge of the regulations it is not all that difficult to talk them around.
I had input into CASR 92 when it was initially drafted and am DG Acceptance trained so have been able to talk them around each time thus far.

 

[Quickstatus]

been able to talk them around each time thus far

Via a vis Singer sewing machines, knitting needles, or helium balloons?

 

[straitman]

Via a vis Singer sewing machines, knitting needles, or helium balloons?

No balloons.

 

[Katie]

Does anyone have a definitive answer on needles & wool? My daughter is travelling on an international QF flight soon and there is conflicting information on the Qantas site vs the government’s travelSECURE site.

I have taken needles, wool, interchangeable needles, and so on through security at BNE, ADL, MEL, SYD (dom & int), LAX, MSP, PDX, ORD, DFW, DCA, CDG, MCO, YUL, HEL, BKK, NRT, HND, HKG in the past 5-7 years (those are just the airports I can remember).

I usually travel with interchangeable bamboo tips, but I have some metal tips in my needle tip case.
The only comment I can recall has been at BNE dom security where the person said "you have a lot of pens in that bag". I told him they were knitting needle tips, and he didn't say anything more.

Scissors are more of a concern - so I have a yarn cutter that's somewhat like a brooch/pendant (Birch brand IIRC, from Spotlight or Lincraft - something like this - CLOVER YARN CUTTER PENDANT ANTIQUE SILVER | Birch Creative).
A frequent alternative by travelling crafters is a dental floss case. The cutter on that will often work.
I do not wear the cutter as a pendant, but keep in my notions bag, which is a former QF J amenity kit repurposed.

 

[mbeder]

Update: Knitting needles allowed on Flight QF63 today - no comments from security screening personnel in Sydney.

 

[straitman]

Update: Knitting needles allowed on Flight QF63 today - no comments from security screening personnel in Sydney.

I would hope so as they are specifically on the list of permitted items.

 

[jb747]

A bloke turned up at the door of the aircraft (in NZ I think) with a chain saw. Security had let him though, as nowhere did the rules say that he couldn't have one. I guess the security person had never heard of the movie from Texas.

 

[wandering_fred]

A bloke turned up at the door of the aircraft (in NZ I think) with a chain saw. Security had let him though, as nowhere did the rules say that he couldn't have one. I guess the security person had never heard of the movie from Texas.

No fuel in the chainsaw? Or was it one of the new "battery operated" ones?
Petrol or LiON batteries would be flagged if I was wandering
Fred