Frank Petronio
24-Aug-2006, 20:34
Is there any definitive info about traveling via air with sheet film in your carry-on, especially for USA to UK and back trips?
Depending on which inflamatory website I read, I've heard that it is getting checked and X-rayed in the more powerful checked baggage machines. Or some random inspector may decide that the box must be opened in daylight.
Is there anything definitive and is there a written policy which I can download and print in order to present it to an overly zealous inspector? Policies for both countries, not just one or the other?
Even if there is a definite policy regarding professional film, as I believe there already is with the USA TSA, is there an over-riding emergency provision that gives the inspectors the right to open your film boxes anyway? (Common sense seems that there must be some sort of emergency clause.) So if another threat emerges during my travels does that mean my film boxes are screwed?
Oh, I'd love to argue politics and make a few jabs, but let's start a thread in the Lounge for that. What are the facts about traveling to England next month with sheet film?
Depending on which inflamatory website I read, I've heard that it is getting checked and X-rayed in the more powerful checked baggage machines. Or some random inspector may decide that the box must be opened in daylight.
Is there anything definitive and is there a written policy which I can download and print in order to present it to an overly zealous inspector? Policies for both countries, not just one or the other?
Even if there is a definite policy regarding professional film, as I believe there already is with the USA TSA, is there an over-riding emergency provision that gives the inspectors the right to open your film boxes anyway? (Common sense seems that there must be some sort of emergency clause.) So if another threat emerges during my travels does that mean my film boxes are screwed?
Oh, I'd love to argue politics and make a few jabs, but let's start a thread in the Lounge for that. What are the facts about traveling to England next month with sheet film?