Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] air travel
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:42:54 -0400
References: <FNEJJHFHEKJEDPNPNCFEIEGECLAA.cyberdog@attglobal.net>

At 08:59 AM 10/4/01 -0700, Adam Bridge wrote:
>In the future this may be true when the Feds are doing the inspection. But
>as of now the security people are agents of the airlines and so, ultimately,
>the airlines are responsible.
>

In US airports, in any event, the security personnel are employed by the
airport and not by the airline itself.  The airport, as an entity of local
government, would probably be shielded by sovereign immunity from a claim
for damages.

Marc

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