--- In "oryoki2000" <>
wrote:
> The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) recently
published
> a web page describing how to travel by air with equipment in
checked
> baggage. Perhaps this will be useful to nature recordists, too.=20
> What we need is an official-looking membership card!
> --oryoki
>
> from http://www.asmp.org/tips/sec.php
>
> As the result of ongoing discussions with the Transportation
Security
> Administration (TSA), ASMP provides the following information:
>
> In regard to locked bags:
>
> 1. Equipment cases may be locked.
>
> 2. When you arrive at the airline's ticket counter to check your
> bags, you will be asked if your bags are locked. When you
> answer "Yes" you will be handed a TSA notice requesting that for
> security reasons you unlock your bags.
>
> 3. Ask for a TSA supervisor or air carrier supervisor and identify
> yourself through your business card and ASMP membership card as a
> working professional photographer. Let them know that your cases
are
> locked, however, give them your name and cell phone number in the
> event that the cases need to be opened. Also, make sure that your
> Passenger Name Record includes a notation of your professional
status
> and that you are available to open the cases for inspection.
>
> 4. Place a sticker on your cases with your name and cell phone
number
> indicating that you are available to unlock the cases.
>
> 5. Place a notice inside each case indicating that the contents
> represent sensitive professional equipment and that you would
> appreciate all care with inspection and repacking.
>
> 6. TSA does not want to damage your cases, however they may want
to
> inspect the contents. Be patient, be polite, and be professional.
Nice one, this is always a problem!
Martyn
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