On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Ariel Rocholl wrote: > In my experience, it is not that much what you carry on but how suspiciou= s > you may look to them, regardless (up to certain point) of the electronics > you carry on with you. > > At least this is my experience flying a lot to UK: We consistently confir= med > everytime we dress a tie and standard business jacket you won't get > questions about electronic prototypes you carry on. However, 80% time we = get > into Heathrow with casual dress you get exhaustive control and detailed > inspection of all prototypes, in most cases having to power them up and > explain how it works, why you need it, etc. > > May sound crazy but we ran some experiments with a few collegues and work= s > just like that. Wow, that is surprising. literally from hundreds of flights (including my team here) when returning to the UK never had a problem. And being engineers we arn't the smartest dressed when travelling. We draw the line at shorts though, as that excludeds you from potential upgrades :) Regards, G --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .