OK - How about an update from....last night. While most of you were watching the Super Bowl, I was flying US Airways from Hartford-Charlotte-Knoxville, arriving home at 11 pm. I did not take a carry-
Scott: The TSA folks know that they have no liability for damaged items whatsoever, and so have no incentive to treat your valuables with care. Probably the best defense is to make the packaging easi
Hello, Last year we were flying to the Isle of Guernsey. Warsaw - London Heathrow and then London Stansted - Guernsey. We had two transceivers, some wires, switches, antenna tuners etc. They were che
Actually I thought this would be the case, at least for the power supply and the headphones/SO2R box/cables/discs in the cardboard box. The power supply was wrapped --no tape-- in clear bubble wrap.
That's appalling, Scott. Did it say on the TSA card - "we are stupid flunkies, but because we are government employees working under the banner of homeland security, we can F$% up your stuff with imp
items in bag #2 were unwrapped/unpacked and thrown back into the Tourister bag randomly, bubble wrap and T-shirts stuffed into top of the suitcase with nothing in them. TSA inspection card present. N
Scott makes a good point. The guys X-raying you and your carry-ons do so under your supervision. If they find something anomalous, they can ask you about it. (I wonder what the TSA wonks do if they f
For the benefit of us non-US hams, what is TSA ??? 73 rag LA5HE -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pa
Rag: TSA = Transportation Security Administration, the USA agency that checks luggage etc. at USA airports. http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=7&content=090005198005def5 73, Jeff Maass K8ND Cari