Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:38 PM 3/8/02 -0500, you wrote: >Some lawyer may tell me I'm wrong here, but I believe the inspectors are >breaking the law. They are certainly violating FAA regulations, which >specifically give you the right to have film and photo equipment -in the >U.S. - hand inspected. > >B. D. What they told me is that everything has changed as of 9/11. It is up to the individual inspector to decide if they want to hand inspect - even in the USA. None of mine did on several trips through various airports in the US, England, and Norway. So I put the film in lead-lined bags and, when they couldn't see through the bags, they hand-inspected and screened for explosives and had me take my shoes off and did a pat-down search. Everyone was very polite, but very thorough and they didn't insist that I put the film back through without the lead bags, which is what I was afraid they might do. Just be sure to get there several hours early!! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html