Ken Norton <image66@xxxxxxx> writes:
>I've used the clear bag approach for many years now with great success,
>however, it still isn't foolproof. On a recent trip the inspector removed
>every single roll of film from the film cannester to look at it--and it was
>all Fuji film!!!! The idiot opened the first one and proceeded to grab the
>leader to pull the film out. I yelled "NO!" and caused half the security
>detail to jump a few feet into the air. Overall, the toughest security
>I've had to deal with is for flights on commuters here in the USA. Doesn't
>make much sense--I didn't realize that Beech 99's were terrorist targets.
That all makes sense to me after spending half an hour having
every rool of film inspected at Sea-Tac on my way to Colorado,
including pulling on the leader. They aren't only looking for
bombs, but for drugs -- if they pull out a frame or so of leader,
they can tell whether it's a little stub of leader taped inside a
cartridge filled with something else. They don't pull out any
more than you'd expose loading the camera, but of course they
don't tell you that first.
Did they look through every lens and viewfinder to make sure it
wasn't packed with something other than air? Did they also
*smell* every roll of film and run a swab over it for fluorescent
inspection?
I was just happy they didn't insist on opening my cans of HIE,
though they did swab the outside of each of them. I had the
changing bag ready in case they did insist on opening one.
And all that was *after* I decided none of my film was fast
enough to worry about, so I let it all go through the carry-on
X-rays!
--
Josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx is Joshua Putnam / P.O. Box 13220 / Burton, WA 98013
"My other bike is a car."
http://www.wolfenet.com/~josh/
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