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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 12:50 am
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mosu84
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NYC
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Using cameras in an airport

A few weeks ago, I was about to get on an early flight out of Concourse B at CMH. I had my camera with me, so I was taking a few pictures of the planes just to pass the time. One of the baggage handlers on the ground saw me taking pictures and waved his arm at me. I didn't think anything of it, and I sat down to do some work.

A few minutes later, the baggage handler came through a door into the terminal from outside. He walked directly over to me and started questioning me. "Why are you taking pictures? You can't do that. Will you show me the pictures that you took?" The terminal was mostly empty at that hour, and I had chosen a pretty secluded corner of the Terminal to hang out. Maybe that's what alarmed this guy. In any case, I told him I was taking pictures of the planes in the morning light. Not satisfied with that response, the guy began asking about my flight details and from which gate I was departing. Irritated, I chewed him out and just walked right past him back toward my gate.

As an attorney, knowing that this twit didn't have any right to see my camera, I told him to go to hell. It was truly bizarre and it's quite possible that someone else in that terminal would have deleted the pictures on their camera at this guy's request. Has anyone else been thoroughly questioned by employees when using a camera in the terminal?
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