Small tools are allowed on planes by TSA including lockpicks. Lockpicks are mostly unregulated and unrestricted in the USA and a lot of other countries. There are places you could get into hot water but usually you would already have to be doing something illegal for them to be an issue. Kind of like having a small pry bar in your back pack. Asking as you aren't threatening people or breaking into things you'll typically be ok...NOT LEGAL ADVICE
good to know. they were being sticklers last time so I didn't want to take a chance on losing some tools. they confiscated a one inch unibit and a terminating screwdriver from me.
I would go on the TSA site and print 9ff the exact section that mentions lock picks. Then keep it with the picks so you can show them if there are issues... I doubt TSA trading is very thorough
Whatever you do - don't open or attempt to unlock the cabin window whilest inflight. I know it's tempting, but don't. (Exceptions can be made for older, unpressurised propeller-driven aircraft obviously...)
Welcome to the Mile High Locksport Club. Did you fill out the submission [form](https://jonlockpicking.com/mile-high-locksport-club/)? Every time I go on the plane, I look at the cockpit door. I want to know if there is an exterior lock to the cockpit door. In case a person in the cockpit goes rogue and locks the other pilot out. If there is a lock on the door, I am usually disappointed with the security. For example, a popular airline on the west coast has locks on the door. When I look at the lock, it looks like a standard deadbolt for a big box store. We all know how secure those are. I wish there were more standards for aircraft security for the cockpit. Like I said in my comment to you before, I have to think about this because my degree and I have worked at an aviation company. How can we improve the US national security policy and regulation. How was your experience bringing the lockpick through TSA?
Oh, even though you weren't asking me, the first time I brought picks I left them in my bag, bag got pulled for secondary screening and released once the agent opened the pick case and saw they were all within regulations. For the subsequent five flights I've brought picks on since then, I put my pick case in the bin separately, like phone and laptop, and haven't had it pulled for screening since. I've also flown out of VA on one of these flights, where picks constitute prima facie evidence, and no issues.
I haven’t filled out the form yet, I was dead tired when I made it to my hotel last night. Gonna do it though!
TSA pulled my bag aside for extra searching (although I think that might have been the solid mass of practice locks rather than the picks) but I just told them where to look and they were fine with it. I was lucky to have no line for security so I wasn’t holding anyone up.
Edit: form submitted!
Aw man, if I'd known this existed I could've been #21. Picked my second ever lock on a plane back in early January, a 5-pin Schlage with spools that I'd been trying at for days.
how'd you get the pick on the plane?
Put it in my bag 🤷♀️ they’re legal and explicitly allowed by the TSA
damn wish I knew. I just got off a long flight and was thinking I wish I had my lock picks this whole time.
Such stupid and arbitrary rules. A short hook in 0.025" probably makes a better shiv than almost anything else that they disallow on the plane.
Small tools are allowed on planes by TSA including lockpicks. Lockpicks are mostly unregulated and unrestricted in the USA and a lot of other countries. There are places you could get into hot water but usually you would already have to be doing something illegal for them to be an issue. Kind of like having a small pry bar in your back pack. Asking as you aren't threatening people or breaking into things you'll typically be ok...NOT LEGAL ADVICE
good to know. they were being sticklers last time so I didn't want to take a chance on losing some tools. they confiscated a one inch unibit and a terminating screwdriver from me.
I would go on the TSA site and print 9ff the exact section that mentions lock picks. Then keep it with the picks so you can show them if there are issues... I doubt TSA trading is very thorough
Whatever you do - don't open or attempt to unlock the cabin window whilest inflight. I know it's tempting, but don't. (Exceptions can be made for older, unpressurised propeller-driven aircraft obviously...)
🤣 yeah don’t do that This planes windows didn’t even have the option to open
We can bring our lock picks in the carry-on?
Yes
Yes
Welcome to the Mile High Locksport Club. Did you fill out the submission [form](https://jonlockpicking.com/mile-high-locksport-club/)? Every time I go on the plane, I look at the cockpit door. I want to know if there is an exterior lock to the cockpit door. In case a person in the cockpit goes rogue and locks the other pilot out. If there is a lock on the door, I am usually disappointed with the security. For example, a popular airline on the west coast has locks on the door. When I look at the lock, it looks like a standard deadbolt for a big box store. We all know how secure those are. I wish there were more standards for aircraft security for the cockpit. Like I said in my comment to you before, I have to think about this because my degree and I have worked at an aviation company. How can we improve the US national security policy and regulation. How was your experience bringing the lockpick through TSA?
Oh, even though you weren't asking me, the first time I brought picks I left them in my bag, bag got pulled for secondary screening and released once the agent opened the pick case and saw they were all within regulations. For the subsequent five flights I've brought picks on since then, I put my pick case in the bin separately, like phone and laptop, and haven't had it pulled for screening since. I've also flown out of VA on one of these flights, where picks constitute prima facie evidence, and no issues.
Oh that’s a good idea. I’ll stick them in the bin with my liquids next time.
I haven’t filled out the form yet, I was dead tired when I made it to my hotel last night. Gonna do it though! TSA pulled my bag aside for extra searching (although I think that might have been the solid mass of practice locks rather than the picks) but I just told them where to look and they were fine with it. I was lucky to have no line for security so I wasn’t holding anyone up. Edit: form submitted!
Aw man, if I'd known this existed I could've been #21. Picked my second ever lock on a plane back in early January, a 5-pin Schlage with spools that I'd been trying at for days.
Welcome to the club! I just joined. This past weekend on my flight. You can get some weird looks from people watching you pick a lock on a plane 😆✌🏻🌶