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Subject: [Leica] Flying with Camera Gear Post 25 Dec, 2009
From: cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:58:15 +0800
References: <mailman.525.1263879790.73134.lug@leica-users.org>

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
>