Re: Subject: RE: [Leica] Flying with film

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

On Sept. 11 - Yes, that Sept. 11 - I was flying out of Glasgow to London on
my way back to the US. I had about 30 rolls of exposed film and asked for
hand inspection. NO WAY, said the security guy, because there was no leader
protruding from the cassette. He didn't even want to discuss the issue. And
this was hours BEFORE the first plane hit the Trade Towers.

B. D.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Durling <durling@widomaker.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: Subject: RE: [Leica] Flying with film


> Flying out of Las Vegas last week on impulse I asked for hand check on my
> one roll of Tmax-3200.  She had no idea what I was talking about and
yelled
> SUPERVISOR!  When that person arrived he asked me to walk through the
> magnetometer with it, it didn't set it off, and then swabbed it for
> explosives while carefully showing the woman how to inspect it.  I heard
him
> tell her to check that there was actually film coming out the light trap.
> Good thing it was an unused roll since I normally wind the film all the
way
> in.
>
> Mike D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 11:55 PM
> Subject: Subject: RE: [Leica] Flying with film
>
>
> > On my February trip from Seattle to southern California (flying into
> Orange
> > County/John Wayne, returning from LAX), I had a few rolls of 400-speed
> film
> > in a ziplock bag.  I also threw in a couple of rolls of 800, because I'd
> > heard that they were only honoring hand-inspection requests if you had
800
> > film.  It turned out the security people had been told that only 1000
> speed
> > and higher might be affected.  But they did hand inspect mine when I
said,
> > "but 800 is almost 1000, only a third of a stop difference."  I'm sure
> they
> > had no idea what a third of a stop was, but it sounded small enough to
> > convince them.
> >
> > On the other hand, my camera went through X-ray on each trip, with 400
> film
> > in it.  No difference between rolls #1 and #3, which went through, and
> roll
> > #2, which didn't.
> >
> > Now, they also made me take off my belt and my shoes in Seattle, but
> that's
> > another story.  It's interesting to be beltless, shoeless, an get
frisked,
> > with a couple of crew-cut guys in camoflage outfits and M-16s looking
on.
> . .
> >
> > We can get upset about it, or we can call it comic relief.  But my
> > sympathies to the pros who have to carry large amounts of film.
> >
> > --Peter Klein
> > Seattle, WA
> >
> >
> > At 06:51 PM 4/14/02 -0700, "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
> >
> > >More appealing? More like less appalling. I'm going to Seattle next
week
> > >and am not even bothering to take a camera.
> > >
> > >- -----Original Message-----
> > >On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
> > >Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 4:27 PM
> > >
> > >Went through security Friday at Boston's infamous Logan Airport - with
> > >70 rolls of film, all removed from their little containers, all in
> > >ziplock bags.
> >
> >
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