You can lock your luggage on US flights if you use the special locks that can be opened by inspectors. Someone here will probably post a url. I have them on my camera case but don't remember where I bought them. Paul On Aug 11, 2006, at 1:36 AM, Leon Altoff wrote:
> Aaron, > > I hope it lasts less than a week, but there is the chance that it will > lead to more restrictions in the long run. We have been working on how > to reorganise our luggage for stopping luggage handlers from breaking > equipment and how to stop shampoo from leaking out over the rest of our > luggage. > > The US is the biggest problem. You can't lock you luggage and you now > can't keep fragiles and valuables with you. The best we have been able > to come up with is that the US is cut from all future travel. It makes > the rest of the around the world trip we had planned difficult, but we > will have to see what can be managed. > > My major concern at the moment is the chance of the checked luggage > x-rays damaging the hard drive in the laptop. Our current plan is to > pack all equipment into a large Pelican case and open it at the baggage > collection to check everything is still there. > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> On the news this afternoon (CBC Newsworld, in Canada) they seemed to >> think this ban was temporary, likely less than a week. >> >> -Aaron >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subj: Another Blow Against Photography >> Date: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:14 pm >> Size: 1K >> To: [email protected] >> >> The Transportation Security Administration has not yet updated its web >> site today. I heard on a news report, though, that electronic devices >> are not allowed in carry-on bags on flights from the U.S. to and from >> any location in Europe, or with connections anywhere in Europe -- not >> just England. >> >> According to some reports, the would-be bombers were going to trigger >> the liquid explosives from the flash units of disposable cameras. So I >> think there is a good chance that cameras will be banned from carry-on >> bags to and from Europe. >> >> I am scheduled to leave for Italy on September 8. It is another >> conference that I must attend (and that someone else is paying for), >> but >> I had hoped to spend a couple of days before the conference in Venice. >> Naturally, photography would be a big part of those two days. >> >> So if I have to put my *ist D in my checked bag, can I still carry my >> lenses on board? Are the security employees sophisticated enough to >> understand that a lens is not, by itself, an electronic device? >> >> What to do? I could-- >> >> --just put the D in my checked bag and hope for the best. >> >> --Buy a cheap DL, K100, or K110 and take that instead. >> >> --Buy a case that is designed for shipping photo gear (but this would >> not prevent theft). >> >> --Wait until I am in Europe, contact the black market, and buy a >> camera >> newly stolen from someone's checked bag. >> >> For those of you who sometimes fly overseas, I am wondering how you >> plan >> to handle this problem. >> >> List members in Europe: Please let us know what you are hearing. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joe >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
