When I first read about the ban it gave me pause as well. Not least as it makes no sense in that it directly contradicts safety warnings about LiON batteries in checked bags.
But then I read a second time. It applies not to specific airlines, but rather to any flights by any airline that originate in one of x bad-guy countries and fly directly to the U.S. or U.K. It happens that no U.S. airlines have such routes, some U.K. airlines do. For the bad guys, this means that they will have to take connecting flights rather than direct flights if they want to cause trouble, and that extra hassle presumably will deter them. For the rest of us, so far the ban is irrelevant. However, if/when it becomes more general, my plan is to keep my lenses and all batteries in my carry-on camera pack. I will carefully pack two camera bodies, one each in two different suitcases. Then check to verify insurance coverage, cross my fingers, and go. stan > On Mar 28, 2017, at 11:11 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > Since the most recent on the devices in the carry-on on certain airlines from > some destination, I've been thinking that a few options for flying are no > longer available for me. > As far as I understand, in addition to the laptops, DSLRs (and any other > cameras besides cellphones are prohibited in the carry-on as well. > And as we've discussed before, it would be extremely risky to place a > DSLR+lenses into a regular checked-in suitcase. > > Two of the banned airlines have (or rather had) a potential for me flying > their flights: Emirates and Turkish Airlines. > I've never flown Emirates due to the routing/pricing, but always wanted > because of their reputation. > Turkish Airlines, on the other hand, offers competitive pricing for flying to > Europe (connecting in Istambul), and since they are in the aliance with > United, I've used them on a couple of trips recently, both business and > personal. > > It is interesting that Emirates just came up with a solution that *might* > work: > (USA Today:) > https://goo.gl/G0HQrj > http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/03/23/emirates-rolls-out-laptop-handling-service-response-ban/99543956/ > > With Turkish Airlines, whose Customer Service attitude is so "laid back" that > it neglects "customer" and to some degree "service", - I am not sure if I > would trust even such a solution. -- I mean I wouldn't be sure that my camera > bag will not walk away between the gate and the cargo. > > And then for any airline, there is airport ground operations personnel on the > arrival to US. > > > Igor > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
