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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
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Security checkpoints are not really concerned with airline operations. The TSA and the FAA are (correctly) different worlds, and they are not really involved in each other's business.
TSA has certain things that they must stop from going through the checkpoint, but they let plenty of stuff through that the flight crew may not allow on the plane.
Beyond FAA regulations, which might require that all airlines carry certain things (smoke detectors, life jackets) it's ultimately up to the flight crew what actually is allowed to be brought on the plane, and it can be different from airline to airline or even crew to crew.
ApK