Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Finally a voice of sanity. I travel a lot (about 40 flights so far this year) and I ALWAYS have some photo equipment and film with me. I want the security people to ensure that nothing dangerous gets onboard the plane, not about whether they harm my film or not. And I have not had a single roll fogged--not even Delta 3200--on any of my trips which have included the following airports: Brussels, Zurich, Heathrow, Gattwick, London City, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Lisbon, Milan and JFK. Nathan Martin Howard wrote: > As far as I'm concerned, the people working security at airline check-ins > are there to protect me. They are doing their job, doing what they can to > ensure that my ass gets to where it's supposed to be going, and not falling > in eight pieces out of the sky from 30,000ft over the Atlantic. I always > make a point to be polite, co-operative, courteous, and understanding when > dealing with them: their's is a hell of a job. They have to walk the fine > line between ensuring that they can find potentially dangerous items, in a > minimally disruptive way, and dealing with tired and often short-tempered > passengers. I wouldn't want to trade with them for five minutes. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | eVolving eMergent eThereal > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | eNthusiasm eVanescent ePhemeral > email: howard.390@osu.edu | eFficacious eMbryolic ePochal > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/