misstree - i have no doubts about your work or that of your airline. so please take no offense i guess my concern is the inconsitency between airlines, forwarders, etc. Sometimes we have a shipment which is simply to be transhipped with no changes to the package except for Airbill and the connectinf carrier refuses b/c of some problem. Since FAA sets the HAZMAT rules common sense would lead one to beive that this shouldn't happen. Either the first carrier shouldnt have accepted the cargo or the second is wrong?? Anyways i agree - i hope people are more carful and this inconsistency doesnt lead to an accident.