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Subject: [Leica] What's the story with airport security these days?
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed Jan 5 12:13:54 2005
References: <BE009F03.1DB7D%yup@pacbell.net>

Doug,
I do about 60 flights a year. Security arrangements vary enormously and 
I suspect as much due to the mood of individuals as to any policy. I 
have had what seem to be excessively lax and irritatingly long winded 
experiences both in the same airport.
Frank

On 5 Jan, 2005, at 03:29, doug kim wrote:

>
> i have not traveled abroad recently but each time i fly domesticall,
> security will do a "hand check" for you which almost every time means 
> that
> every film cannister will be opened and wiped. don't bother leaving 
> film in
> its original shrinkwrapped, boxed packaging. they'll just rip it open 
> to
> swipe at it with the pad.
>
> so plan on getting at the airport earlier than usual. i had around 60 
> rolls
> on me one time, exposed and unexposed and it took security a long time 
> to
> check all that film.
>
> doug
>
> -- 
> doug kim
> http://www.ricecracker.net/
>
>
> On 1/4/05 7:22 PM, "Rick Dykstra" <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I've done lots of domestic travelling since 9/11.  They found my 
>> Wenger
>> pocket knife for me - it was lost in my briefcase.  Had to post it 
>> back
>> to my home address.
>>
>> I'd imagine that traveling with a heap of film would be a bit of a
>> drag.  Or is it manageable?  I see that some are shipping film ahead
>> and then back home - to avoid x-rays I suppose.
>>
>> Any news?
>>
>> Rick.
>>
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> -- 
> doug kim
> http://www.ricecracker.net/
>
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