Hi, It appears that security at airports for flights coming into the UK (and, presumably, the US) has been tightened even further. There is now an extra level of securuty search at the gate and it is exceedingly thorough. All pockets emptied, everything examined minutely, all electronic equipment made to function, batteries removed and inspected, lenses looked through. (Might be an opportunity for a resurgence of film, there, as the border guard was very meticulous in looking at both DSLRs and Dcompacts. Film cameras can be opened completely.)
In addition, you are not allowed to take any liquid or semi liquid on board in hand baggage. Even stuff you have just purchased in duty free. That caused a few tantrums. I was lucky. My flight was early, transport to the airport dictated that I arrived at the beginning of checkin and was able to talk to the guy in the dutyfree shop and discover that I would lose anything I purchased. (This is not as unfair as it sounds; there were continual tannoy announcements that I would be unable to take liquids on board and it was when I queried if this included duty free that I found out that it does.) As there was nothing to do I went straight to the gate, where I met the search team. Of the 170+ who were supposed to be on my flight, 90 made it through the gate before it closed. And we had to battle through people who had missed previous flights. mike ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
