She thought the crewmember was an actual knit-wit.
An airline passenger named Brittany was flabbergasted after a crewmember told her to stop knitting though it didn’t violate any aviation rules. A video detailing the flight attendant’s alleged fabric-ated regulation currently boasts over 500,000 views on TikTok.
“Hoped to complete knitting my sock on this flight but guess it should must wait,” the knitting influencer — who goes by @brittsstitches — captioned the clip of the incident, which occurred on an unspecified flight.
Within the overlaid text, Brittany recalled how the sock-block told her to stow her knitting gear mid-stocking after urging her to think about whether she’d “need to be holding needles if there was an emergency” (presumably turbulence).
The accompanying footage shows the flyer’s unfinished project sitting in “knitting jail” within the bag beneath her seat as sad music plays within the background.
The incident split web viewers with some accusing the mile-high hall monitor of embarking on an influence trip. “What? I knit on every flight. I can be so annoyed,” said one defender, while one other wrote, “By that logic, nobody must have anything of their hands during an emergency.”
“Ask her when she’s collecting pens and styluses from other passengers,” quipped a 3rd.
Nevertheless, some viewers flocked to the flight attendant’s defense with one writing, “I don’t think she was attempting to be rude. If the plane jerks too hard and also you’re holding NEEDLES near your face… you may have a worse day than everyone else on that plane.”
Nevertheless, Brittany identified within the comments that “knitting needles are allowed via TSA’s website,” but said she didn’t need to force the problem.
“If she wasn’t comfortable with the needles, that’s nice, but I didn’t appreciate her condescending approach,” Brittany wrote (perhaps she was frightened that snitches get stitches).
In line with the TSA site, knitting needles are permitted in each carry-on and checked luggage.
Nevertheless, they note that any “sharp objects in checked bags must be sheathed or securely wrapped to forestall injury to baggage handlers and inspectors.”
That being said, the experts on the View From the Wing believed that the crew member’s concern wasn’t totally unfounded though they disagreed together with her demand.
“For reasons just like a requirement to stow laptops and other bulky items during takeoff and landing, having needles out during crucial times during flight presents a risk,” wrote contributor Gary Leff. “In reality, there’s potential risk in any respect times (laptops or needles could each turn into projectiles in severe turbulence) nonetheless, we weigh the likelihood of that risk against inconvenience.”
He added, “Ultimately, we don’t ban on a regular basis items just because they’ve nonzero potential for harm.”
As an instance his point, Leff shared social media photos depicting a female passenger embroidering inflight and one other stitching clothing with a stitching machine.
“Sewing machines, I feel, can be [a] greater risk than sewing needles,” he warned. “Ensure that to stow those for takeoff and landing!”
