Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, This kind of thing really gets to me. Just reading your story gets my blood boiling. Obviously, some ham-handed TSA screener decided that your locked M7s constituted a threat. What would I do? Well, there's not much you can do. Under the aegis of National Security, thousands of half-witted high school dropouts have been reborn as Federal employees in the TSA. There's no accountability for damage to personal property. And I guarantee that trying to identify who damaged your cameras while at the airport would simply result in your being detained and questioned. I suppose you could write letters, and that might get you an apology, along with some platitudes about keeping America safe, but it may also get you a wiretap on your phone and black unmarked Suburbans driving by your place at odd hours of the night. My solution is to carry all my gear on board. I pack my camera bag full, and wear a large camera jacket, which has huge pockets. When the gate staff complain about the weight of my bag, as Virgin Airlines always seems to, I walk away, stuff things into my vest, and try again. Last I checked, no airline has a restriction on how heavy your clothing can be. We live in a new world for sure, and the threats aren't all from the outside. --Jim Laurel On Apr 2, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > What would you do under these circumstances?