Thomas - shame you had a bad experience. I'm not too surprised about
the security guards. I fly a lot from Stansted, and usually find the
people there friendly enough, but these days with increased security
measures they can be a bit brusque when they've got huge queues of
people to get through.
I am quite surprised about the film getting harmed. As I've said before
my own experience with fast film that got scanned about 10 times over
about a year and half was that it was not affected. Maybe some films
are more susceptible to fogging than others - mine was Fuji HG 1600. I
almost always use Fuji Sensia 100 and have never had a problem with fogging.
To avoid problems with airport scanners, overland travel is always good
if you have the time - if not Eurostar then the slightly slower ferry
across the channel is always nice. I found trains and ferries a most
enjoyable way to travel between China and London last year. Took 17
days instead of 10 hours on a plane, but cost about the same!
There was an article in yesterday's Guardian about a newly elected
Socialist MSP in the Scottish parliament, and she related how she'd
dealt with an underpaid security guard:
"Then, on February 14 1997, the police arrived and I saw what the state
could do," she says. "I saw 200 police officers and about 300 security
guards telling nine women they couldn't be in a park. I was walking
down the line with the security guards, crying, and I asked one of them
how much he was getting. He said, '#3.20 an hour, and I've got a wife
and kids and Christmas has just been.' I told him to call his wife and
tell her he had stood up against a working-class woman for #3.20 an
hour."
A few minutes later, the security guard, along with seven others,
handed in his jacket and went and sat with Kane and her friends.
Original article here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,3604,953813,00.html
Good luck with complaining to the BAA. I would think they'll at least
be amenable to refunding you the cost of the unprocessed film. Let us
know how it goes.
Roger
Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
Guys,
Just a warning for those of you flying in and out of the UK.....don't
:) !
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