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Oct 13, 2007, 11:49 am
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Oct 13, 2007, 12:14 pm
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Or, how to dump a terminal
http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1833
http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1833
I don't have enough gear to mandate checking any of it (which is fortunate, since I know people who've had photo gear worth thousands of dollars stolen from their checked luggage), but boy, do I know the words "bag check!"
I hear it every time I fly, dragging along a laptop, DSLR, 4 lenses, inkjet, wireless router, voltage converter, and all the cables...
Oct 13, 2007, 12:41 pm
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If you're checking a bag with contents like that, wouldn't it be sensible to wait until it's been screened before you leave the area, in case they want to search it?
Oct 13, 2007, 1:51 pm
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Oct 13, 2007, 2:09 pm
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Yes, you should. But many are not that travel savvy. In those airports where you can view the screening of your checked bags, I have found the TSO's telling pax that as long as their bag is not locked they can leave. I will stand there, but I never see anyone else do the same. In fact, while I am standing there, I have had TSO's tell me a number of times that I should go ahead and leave.
Oct 13, 2007, 2:37 pm
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In the article she says she's a frequent flyer. If she took that bag as a carry on it would obviously be hand searched - what did she think would happen when she checked it?
Closing down the airport is clearly an over-reaction, but people who travel with this sort of equipment in their checked baggage need to take some responsibility for getting it through security. She could have prevented this incident if she'd used some common sense.
Closing down the airport is clearly an over-reaction, but people who travel with this sort of equipment in their checked baggage need to take some responsibility for getting it through security. She could have prevented this incident if she'd used some common sense.
Oct 13, 2007, 3:45 pm
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Oct 13, 2007, 4:01 pm
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Oct 13, 2007, 5:02 pm
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In the article she says she's a frequent flyer. If she took that bag as a carry on it would obviously be hand searched - what did she think would happen when she checked it?
Closing down the airport is clearly an over-reaction, but people who travel with this sort of equipment in their checked baggage need to take some responsibility for getting it through security. She could have prevented this incident if she'd used some common sense.
Closing down the airport is clearly an over-reaction, but people who travel with this sort of equipment in their checked baggage need to take some responsibility for getting it through security. She could have prevented this incident if she'd used some common sense.
Oct 13, 2007, 7:50 pm
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At EWR, before they moved most screening out of the public part of the terminal, when I tried to watch I was threatened with arrest for loitering. The TSA was always very nervous about people watching. Now they defile the bags in secret.
Oct 14, 2007, 9:49 am
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SOP = Stupid Operating Procedure.
The chances of there being a bomb in a bag in an airport in Arkansas (or anywhere else, for that matter) is asymptotally close to zero. If the passenger who owns the bag can be found and can explain what the TSA sees then no terminal dump is necessary. This was a checked bag. There was no terminal dump necessary. The passenger had no access to the bag until its retrieval her destination.
The chances of there being a bomb in a bag in an airport in Arkansas (or anywhere else, for that matter) is asymptotally close to zero. If the passenger who owns the bag can be found and can explain what the TSA sees then no terminal dump is necessary. This was a checked bag. There was no terminal dump necessary. The passenger had no access to the bag until its retrieval her destination.
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