On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:47:36 +0100, you wrote: >Was Re: [EE]:: Urgent project - due in NZ in 6 hours ... :-) > >On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:35 AM, wrote: > >> I am wondering if you would ever see your luggage again if sent off with >> a piece of electronics holding a battery, after going through the >> airport x-ray. I can imagine sitting in the boarding lounge only to hear >> a controlled explosion across the airfield as a suspicious piece of >> luggage is blown up ... > >Probably tongue in cheek. :) > >I travel world wide a lot with work (a few 100ks of airmiles) and >carry prototypes and dev boards in hold and hand luggage. An odd time >(1 in 10) I have been quizzed going through US Customs (Not security). >But then a number of our flight cases look heavy duty metal (Aluminium >frame, sliver coloured ply panels) and locked (Approved locks for Air >travel :) ). I often travel (mostly UK internal and EU) with various bits of prototype s= tuff, test gear, random handmade cables etc. and have never even had a carry-on hand-searched.=20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .