Originally Posted by TravisUK
Thought this post might bring up some intersting items that everyone carries. What items do you all carry that have proved valuable?
Pretty interesting and valuable discussion about security, hope you don't mind a shift in direction...TravisUK's question brought back some memories.
I remember one Captain (long since retired) who carried a bottle of whiskey in his flight bag. I'm confident it was for layovers only (not inflight emergencies)! That was in the days when we walked around screeners.
At that time a lot of guys would have mentioned lighters and matches, also.
When I was a DC8 SO/FE we carried a mirror so that we could check the latches underneath the engine nacelles.