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Forum: General Photography
07-24-2018, 08:12 PM
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No sir, not at all. They confiscated the cell and then sent me on my way.
Thnx,
TT
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Forum: General Photography
07-24-2018, 03:10 PM
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I believe this is a good time to share my experience with Airport Security. In 2005 my sister came to visit us for a few days and of course I needed to pick her up at PDX, Portland International Airport in Portland, Oregon. To start off it was right during rush hour on a Friday afternoon and there were six accidents, all on my side of the freeway. I had placed my cell phone inside the glove compartment, locked it and the car. Needless to say I was very late in getting to the airport. I had tried to get through airport security, but no matter what I did, I still managed to activate the alarm for the metal detector. They finally moved me to an isolation booth and I looked around me, my pockets and then looked at my knee brace which had sewn inside, metal rivets. Okay, that came off and then I was good to go, almost. When I went to retrieve my belongings in my tupperware tub, I noticed there was a cell phone in my tub and it was turned on, but it was not mine. I alerted a TSA officer and told him that my cell was locked in my car and I do not know how this cell showed up with my belongings. How in the heck did this happen? When I pushed the tub through the scanning equipment, the cell phone was not in it. It came out of the scanning equipment with a cell phone. That was taken care of, finally found my sister and then shortly thereafter we were enroute to my house. Truth is stranger than fiction. Thanks for reading.
Tony
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Forum: General Photography
07-23-2018, 08:56 PM
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Well, it is my understanding that the U.K., has just about the most secure system of checking through passengers as well as bags and electronic equipment. I have been told the measures are strictly classified and cannot be revealed to the flying public. Good to know.
Thnx for your contribution.
TT
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Forum: General Photography
07-13-2018, 12:49 AM
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A great big thank you to one and all for some very informative and useful information. I am looking forward to the trip to Lost Wages, Nevada, I like saying hello to my old money. :(((
tt
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Forum: General Photography
07-12-2018, 09:11 PM
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Thanks for your response. Very informative. I am curious as to whether or not you had to breakdown the camera by removing the lens and allow radiation to get in there.
As for Kimchi, it may not be a liquid, but it can surely turn your innards into liquid. :((
Thanks again,
Tony
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Forum: General Photography
07-12-2018, 05:52 PM
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Greetings,
My wife and I are hoping to shoot down to Lost Wages, Nevada in approximately two weeks. I have read some articles as to how the TSA is making screening more difficult for traveling photographers.
Here is a copy of an article I recently located: Would like to hear of any experiences in this area. Many thanks, Tonytee.
Bad news, photographers: your airport experience in the United States is now more tedious if you’re planning to carry a camera onto the plane. The TSA just announced that all electronics larger than a cell phone need to be placed into a bin for separate screening.
The move is part of a rollout of “new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items.”
If you’re bringing a camera bag or case onto the plane to keep it with you, you’ll be required to pull the camera(s) out of the bag and place them inside a bin for X-ray screening while passing through the standard security lanes. The camera will need to have nothing above or below it, similar to how laptops have already been screened at airports for years now.
The stated goal of this new measure is to give TSA security officers a clearer X-ray image of electronics than if those gadgets are left inside carry-on bags.
“It is critical for TSA to constantly enhance and adjust security screening procedures to stay ahead of evolving threats and keep passengers safe,” says acting TSA administrator Huban A. Gowadia. “By separating personal electronic items such as laptops, tablets, e-readers and handheld game consoles for screening, TSA officers can more closely focus on resolving alarms and stopping terror threats.”
“It is possible that passengers may experience more bag checks,” the TSA says, “however, through extensive testing, TSA identified ways to improve screening procedures with quicker and more targeted measures to clear the bags.
There’s no change to what can be brought through checkpoints, so you’ll be able to still carry the same camera equipment onto your flight. Also, if you are enrolled in TSA’s PreCheck program, you won’t be required to remove cameras and other electronics from your bag.
The TSA has already tested this new security plan at 10 airports across the country, and now the agency is rolling the same measures out to every single U.S. airport over the coming weeks and months.
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