[Leica] Heads up for travellers to Europe: charge your thingies

[red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone)]

I read an article the other day that said that travelers in the US would be
asked to turn on their Cell Phones.  Same travel outcome..... No power = No
travel.

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net


-----Original Message
As you may know, last week the US asked European airports with direct
flights to the US to put in place additional security precautions in light
of a terrorist threat that has been picked up. The focus seems to be on
electronic devices, and supposedly at some airport if your device will not
turn on (because the battery is dead, for example), then it will not travel.

Different airport have implemented different things. I passed through Rome
and Munich last week, both of which have flights to the US. In Rome, they
simply had a separate security screening for passengers to the US. Since I
was flying to Munich, this did not apply to me, and the screening for me was
normal. But when flying home from Munich yesterday, I was asked to turn on
my camera and take a picture with it, and the agent also looked through each
of my lenses. Not a big deal, since I keep my cameras charged so I can take
pictures, but just a note of caution.

Funny enough, I was NOT asked to turn on my iPad, computer or iPod.

Cheers,
Nathan