> > >but the security agent couldn't figure out how to get into the bottom >section of my camera backpack, where the cameras were, so he just felt >around the outside of the bag and let me through. > Well that certainly gives me the warm fuzzies about airport security.
Amita Guha wrote: >We didn't have much of a problem leaving Athens for the US. There were >about three layers of security, ending with a thorough hand-check of >all hand baggage at the gate. They were very strict about the no >liquids rule, although Nate and I were able to bring little bottles of >contact lens solution on board with us. Nate got his cameras examined, >but the security agent couldn't figure out how to get into the bottom >section of my camera backpack, where the cameras were, so he just felt >around the outside of the bag and let me through. > >Leaving the US, an agent tried to give me grief about bringing a 4oz >bottle of contact lens solution with me (you can't get saline or >multipurpose solution in bottles smaller than 4oz, as far as I know) >but I knew that contact lens solutions were exempt from the 3oz rule, >which the agent found out from her boss. But the cameras weren't >examined at all at JFK. > >Amita > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net