Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right on! If you are flying just to Canada on Cathay Pacific make sure you fly on the flight going just to Vancouver - not the one that goes on to New York - and traveling will be quite normal. Cheers Howard On 19 Jan 2010, at 1:43 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:20:01 -0800 > From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Flying With Camera Gear Post 25 Dec, 2009 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > At 7:56 AM +1000 1/19/10, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> Hmm, I think that all of our business and leisure travel dollars >> will be >> redirected to Europe and Asia over USA and Canada > > Canada? > > As long as you are not flying into the US, it's pretty much business > as usual. > > > > for the foreseeable >> future. We see some of the restrictions implemented as security to >> be >> arbitrary, overly intrusive, unpleasant and unreasonable while not >> necessarily being effective. When was the last time an Aussie carried >> anything more dangerous than Vegemite into LAX? >> Just my apply for permission in advance, three hours prior to >> departure >> queued, double security procedured, carry on xrayed and pulled apart, >> suitcases unlocked to save the thieves some inconvenience, liquid >> restricted, questioned, through clothing body scanned, metal >> detected, >> patted down, jet lagged two cents worth. >> >> Geoff >