6 Nov
2000
6 Nov
'00
12:33 p.m.
Chris Kennedy wrote:
As an aside, it turns out that the FAA sets _minimums_, not standards.
Both the airline/air freight company and the _airport_ can set additional
standards above those set by the FAA.
This applies to civil airline security as well. You can cruise through
a checkpoint at one airport carrying something (a good example
being a Leatherman tool) but be refused entry at another.
Ah, this explains why I was able to carry a 12V 7AH gel cell with me
effortlessly through Japan and China with Los Angeles saying they wouldn't
allow it. On the flight over, I got a NW Airline rep to retrieve it for me;
on the way back and tired from being up for some 24 hours, I politely told
them to keep it and didn't add where :).