Have to agree about what I have carried on parts. When I get to california and shop in a few old haunts I end up with strange looking parts. I through them in a clearer anti stat bag that I now bring along and send them through the screening in clear site. Never have an issue an occasional ? like what are those 3/4" catv cable connectors that look like a large shell. Regards Paul.
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jim Lux <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/18/12 6:56 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: > >> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:28:17 -0400 >> Dan Kemppainen<dan@irtelemetrics.**com <[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Wouldn't get broken if you hand carried it. I've carried on similar >>> equipment when flying across the US. I'm guessing you may not have to >>> check it for an internationl flight... >>> >> >> Thanks to Home Land Security, the rules on what you may carry on a >> plane got very much restricted, especially when flying from and to >> the US. Basically anything unusual is prohibited. >> >> >> Actually, it's not necessarily TSA/DHS that is the problem.. it's that > other downstream consumers of the rules may have different interpretations. > > The guy standing at the gate or checkpoint gets to make an on the spot > determination of what might be "dangerous" > > Example: The small roll of PVC electrical tape I had in my backpack being > taken at secondary inspection (walking down the jetway) in Heathrow when > getting on the plane home to Los Angeles. Am I going to argue with the guy > from British Airways about specifically which rule he thinks my tape > violates? When the plane is leaving 3 hours late already? Nope.. > > Example: the round pointed school scissors in my daughter's backpack > getting on the plane in Rome? They were willing to let her take them, but > we said, nope, just throw them away, because next stop is Zurich, and we > KNOW that they won't make it past the inspection there. I got tagged in > Zurich before for having my toothpaste tube in a gallon bag, instead of the > required "no more than 1 liter" bag. > > So, carrying that oscilloscope on? If the inspector's fiance(e) just ran > off with a EE/CS major the night before, you're doomed. However, in > general, I've not had many problems with obvious commercially manufactured > gear. And oddly, not much problem with random piles of protoboards and > boxes with wires and cables stuffed into a backpack, as long as there were > no large "blobs" in the X-ray that weren't obviously batteries on visual > inspection. (Friends of mine say that trying to carry on a small lead acid > battery that looks like a brick is often a challenge..especially if you've > wrapped it in tape to hold it to the circuit board. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
