TSA Keeps Knife Ban After Protests From Unions, CEOs

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration, under pressure from airline executives, unions, lawmakers and its own employees, reversed a plan to end a decade-long ban on carrying pocket knives onto U.S. airliners.

Administrator John Pistole is backing off his proposal to ease the rule blocking knives after a month of meetings with industry stakeholders, some of whom have cited the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers’ use of box cutters as weapons.