I decided to do some poking around to see what officaldom says about
this. Air Canada hasn't updated their luggage security procedures for a
month so they are useless. British Airways says:
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With immediate effect, the following arrangements apply to all
passengers starting their journey at a UK or United States of America
airport and to those transferring between flights at a UK airport.
All cabin baggage must be processed as hold baggage and carried in the
hold of passenger aircraft departing UK airports.
Note:
Passengers are advised that ALL electrical or battery powered items
including laptops, mobile phones, portable music players, remote
controls etc cannot be carried in the cabin and must be checked in as
hold baggage.
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TSA, however, says explicitly that electronic devices are not banned
from the cabin. Obviously they haven't spoken to BA about UK flights.
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Anyway, there's nothing here about banning cabin baggage on flights
other than between the US and the UK. Just don't stop in New York on
the way to Gatwick.
Chuck Norcutt
Garth wrote:
> Well, before this latest unpleasantness in the U.K., my wife and I were
> planning on flying to Gatwick airport in September, spening five or six
> days in Blighty, and then traveling on by Eurorail to France to visit my
> relatives in Normandy.
>
> I was, of course, going to take my E-1. Now I'm not so sure.
>
> First, it looks like electronic devices of all descriptions are banned
> from carry-on luggage, which means I'd have to check the E-1 in regular
> baggage. Like I'm gonna do that! There's approximately a 1.0
> probability that the camera would be either (a) destroyed or damaged
> beyond operability or (b) stolen by thieves known to be working in the
> various baggage-handling facilities at airports in Canada or Britain.
> Flight insurance wouldn't even come close to covering the costs of
> replacing the camera.
>
> Second, it might even be the case that *all* carry-on baggage will be
> banned, which simply makes my first point above with emphasis.
>
> Anyone know any way I might be able to get my camera equipment safely
> and securely on to British soil (and just as safely and securely back to
> Canada again when my vacation's finished)? I've considered shipping it
> via FedEx (adding significantly to my expenses, of course), but how does
> one indicate to overzealous customs authorities that I'm not "importing"
> the camera into Britain, thereby avoiding outrageous and unjust import
> taxes and duties?
>
> It's starting to look like I'll be unable to take a camera at all.
> **SIGH** What's the point of going somewhere when half the reason you
> go is to have a visual record of what you've seen? I'm thinking air
> travel will be much more thoroughly damaged by these latest problems
> than even by the aftermath of 9/11.
>
>
> Garth
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