[Scan-DC] scanners / national airport

[David]

Since the beginning of the year I have scanned in Bradley, Newark, Seattle, 
Dulles, and JFK and no one "freaked out" or really even gave me more than a 
passing glance.

Re. security checks: My carry-on consisted of two scanners, two cameras, a 
long lens, a flash, an MP3 player, headphones, a lead bag with film, and a 
bunch of other typical camera bag stuff.

The most comprehensive security was in JFK where they pulled the bag for a 
complete inspection including the explosives swab thing on every item (and 
my sneakers) and then x-ray machine again for the bag minus the lead bag 
and film. The easiest (most dangerous?) was in Seattle where the x-ray 
operator recognized the shadow of the film bag but the visual inspection 
consisted only of opening the top of the camera bag and peering in at the 
contents on top, no hand inspection of the contents of the lead bag.

David*P




At 06:51 AM 03/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Oh, but I would however be careful about carrying a scanner into an airport.
>I can pretty much guarantee they will freak-out about it.  Eventually they
>will let you go on your way because there is nothing against the law about it
>  (except once you are in flight).  But I would guess that they would 
> probably
>delay you with "questioning" if they see a guy listening to "a radio of some
>sort".  If it were me, I would probably place my scanner in my bag after
>leaving the subway car.  But then again, expect some grief at the x-ray
>machine.  Hey! You're not of middle-eastern descent are you? <laugh>
>
>Ron
>Alexandria, VA (Next to DCA)
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