I’m a retired flight attendant for a major airline. I remember when, a pilot in uniform, was going through security on his way to his flight. A female TSA agent confiscated his aviation headset. She felt the tip of the cable posed a threat. The pilot and we couldn’t believe the stupidity! Only after a supervisor was called, and he explained why it was vital he use it for flight communications, was he permitted to take his headset with him!
When my son was in the Marines, en route to deployment in Afghanistan, his unit had to board a charter through a civilian airport, with weapons and full battle gear. The TSA agent made them run their rifles through the Xray machine!
Classic with the headset. I can remember not long after 9-11 some Eager Beaver type was all hot and heavy about relieving a 2 inch swiss army blade from the pilot as he boarded. He said “son, you don’t seem to understand I have a fireaxe under my seat, and if I’m having a bad day I can nose this plane right into the ground.”
She should have confiscated the plane too since it’s a weapon of mass destruction.