An(other) Unintended Consequence of the War on Terror

The Christian Science Monitor (see here) has an interesting article explaining why British cellists (and other British musicians) cannot fly anymore. As you may have guessed, the reason is that they can’t carry their instruments onboard aircrafts as a safety measure. This makes their lives very complicated and difficult. One would think that cellos and violins are potentially less dangerous than a computer, but this doesn’t seem to be the view point of safety authorities.

Comments

[Kyle R. M.]

What's weird is that my dad and his company have already started producing a product that will circumvent this problem--a tank of a cello case that can be transported in a cargo hold. Hurrah for entrepreneurism (albeit a second best option created by government mandates).

[Phil]

To get articles in the Christian Science Monitor, does one need to be a Christian Scientist?

[Josh]

My dad was actually killed by a cello-wielding terrorist, so back off.