On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 07:55:01AM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > A horror story: > http://petapixel.com/2016/06/23/american-airlines-drops-photogs-gear-causes-thousands-damage/ > > I though this story would be of interest to some people here, as we just > recently discussed the question of transporting photo gear on airplanes.
I have two rules: 1) Pelican case, plus (TSA - approved) padlocks. 2) My own insurance. The so-called "pro" photographer in the story above got half of the first one right; at least he had a Pelican case. But that's it. If this had been my case it wouldn't have popped open. And even if it had I wouldn't be fighting the airline over a claim; my insurance company would have paid me (full replacement cost, less $500 deductible), and they'd be fighting the airline to get it to reimburse them. If they won, then it deductible would be repaid. This could well take six months or more (as it just did with a claim when somebody backed out of a parking bay in a supermarket lot right into my car, then tried to claim this was somehow my fault), but I wasn't waiting for ages to get the repairs/replacement done. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
