Hello Just quickly, I had no problems so far carrying guitars on the plain, but I can see the day comming. I don't think I would now either but it only have to happen once to kill my axe, and who knows since Sept 11. When I go to school I have 2 huge suitcases so a carry-on is the only way. It is getting tougher with film, camera, laptop...
Acoustics are tougher to carry on because they are bigget but no probs yet. They are much more fragile As far as cases, for a few years now I have seen Fight certified SKB cases in the Musicians Friend Catalouge. I don't know much about them. Soft case is teh way to go if you want to carry on though. I am not sure if it is musicians or photographers who have it worst. If you can carry on your isntument you are fine. Same with camera. But the deal with the film just sucks. I think we are blowing it up a little though. Best approach IMHO, put them film in clear plastic bag without cannisters. If they send it through, complain, tell them taht they shouldn't, if they insist tell them that you will have to hand in a complaint since s/he is breaking the rules by denying hand inspections of X-ray sensitive material, (quote passage, they must have a rule book handy) ask for their name and number, STAY POLITE AND CALM, then just live with it. It'll probably be OK. Though the less x-ray the better, so it is worth a try. If you are extra paranoid, you can keep a led bag on the bottom or side of your carry on, empty, flat, they will not notice it then. If they do, oh well... If they deny hand search, you an still say that you need to call someone (like your boss who needs you to deliver the pictures you too unharmed) to discus the matter, and leave for a phone. Then put the stuff into the led bag, go back and send it through the X=ray. They will hand search it. If they complain, you can act dumb and say you were told to just put it in the protective case. Just don't be a smartass pointing out that he-he-he, you handsearched it anyway. But I would not do this part with the led bag... Out of the many e-mails what I don't remember seeing is someone who had his/her 800 or under film recently (past 6-8 years let's say) destroyed/damaged/fogged by a carry on checking X-ray. L Levente -Levi- Littvay University of Nebraska-Lincoln -------------- PGP public key: http://www.kign.org/levilpub.asc Key fingerprint: 8BD8 3CE7 FB1D 625F F268 BFCE 417A C20C 92BF 6225 -------------- Download free PGP e-mail security software: http://www.pgpi.org/ - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
