Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One method which works at some, but probably not all, airports is to telephone three or four days ahead and speak to the Airport Chief Security Dude. Explain the problem. Be friendly but firm. Explain the regulations. He might well figure a work-around. Pushing your rights at five minutes to flight time seems incredibly self-destructive at the best. I've been threatened with arrest at airport security lines for an innocent remark to a bystander -- a bunch of us were in Scottish garb at the local airfield to meet a Clan Chief flying in for some Scottish games, and I innocently asked another member of the greeting party why he had left his dirk at home. I then had a blue-in-the-face security officer pulling me aside and reading me my rights. I smiled, showed him my Bar Card, and assured him that, if he thought he had a case, he should charge me. His boss came over and called the mad dog off, with an apology to me. But the basic point remains: a person is going through an airport security point to get to an airplane, not to assert rights. Rights can be asserted several days in advance or several days after the fact, but doing so at the crises point can too easily lead to your spending the night in the local Cross-Bar Hotel. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html