Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just took my first flights since Sept. 11, Zurich-Munich r/t. At Zurich airport yesterday morning the security procedures were the same as always, that is pretty stringent. The only visible difference was that there was a passport check just before getting on the plane, something that is normally only done on flights to the US, the UK and Israel. I had no problems with my carry-on luggage--a standard "pilot case" and my Domke 803 satchel with Leicas. As always, I just sent it through the scanner, as I do not believe it causes harm to film. In Munich this morning, same story w.r.t. carry-on, but I did have to take the lens caps of my Leicas. No need to take batteries out or any such thing. I do not know how this compares to what they did in Munich before Sept. 11, since this was the first time I flew there. This was on Swissair. So it appears that security continues to be handled in the usual competent Swiss way. Unfortunataly the same cannot be said of the management of the airline as a whole. It is now bankrupt and all planes were grounded about 4 hours after I landed in Zurich this morning... Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html