[Jewelry making - Article 00087] - Re: [Orchid] [Tucson 2003] General information

[Peter W . Rowe]

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>      Karen Dave, Ask if you can lock it after inspection 

    I don't know if this is universal, limited to domestic travel, or
    what.  But just yesterday, flying home from holiday vacationing  here
    within the U.S., I checked in at Delta, and was told the bag needed
    to be open for inspection.  I opened the lock I'd put on, but left it
    there on the zipper, and asked if/when it could be relocked.  They
    told me it would be inspected relatively immediately, and the lock
    would be relocked afterwards, and that the one inspection was the
    only one needed, so long as the bag was out of my control.  I should
    mention that I was flying out of a decidely small airport, so all
    baggage was hand searched , except for those few carry on items where
    the x-ray was enough.  From the look of it, most bags were opened and
    searched beyond simple things, always with the owner watching but not
    allowed to touch or help. My checked bag was searched sometime after
    I lost sight of it, but all was intact on arrival. 

    I have always felt, and still feel, that anything of value should be
    in your carryon, even though it will now ellicit more frequent hand
    searches at the x-ray areas.  Obviously, prohibited items cannot be
    treated thus, but otherwise...  And I'm quite sure that if you're
    concerned about the security of your luggage,  you have the right to
    request a private search, so your belongings are not visible to other
    passangers or folks other than the security people.   This always
    used to be the case, and I see no reason why it should not still be
    so, even in the event of one of those dang surprise random searches
    right at the gate just when you thought you were about to get on the
    plane... 

Peter

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