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TSA raising aviation security baseline with stronger domestic security measures
New U.S. airport screening procedures for carry-on bags to better focus on threats

National Press Release

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

WASHINGTON – To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items that require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes. Following extensive testing and successful pilots at 10 airports, TSA plans to expand these measures to all U.S. airports during the weeks and months ahead.

Due to an increased threat to aviation security, DHS Secretary John Kelly announced in late June new security requirements for nearly 280 airports in more than 100 countries. In an effort to raise the baseline for aviation security worldwide, TSA continues to work closely with airports and airlines to enhance security measures and stay ahead of the evolving threat.


https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2...-baseline-stronger-domestic-security-measures



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UK readers will remember this work around

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More seriously - so I can leave the non-electronic lenses and camera bodies in the bag ?
 
What most likely happens is they can't tell its a film camera or even qualify it as digital because there is a built in meter and ask you to take it out of the bag...

Just can't wait to see people waiting in line and watch me taking out 5-6 bodies and place them in the bin. I will be insisting standing next to the bin through the X ray machine. Then everyone has to wait for me to carefully pack everything back into the bag. Fun time!
 
I see those passengers with precheck will be excused from having to unload all their electronics. Maybe its an excuse for me to finally get precheck? Problem is, my next flight is a 5:30 AM and its unlikely the precheck lanes will be open that early.

My carry-on is almost entirely full of camera stuff. Two DSLRs, one, sometimes two strobes, my SU800 flash commander, several lenses... My fancy 360-color LED flashlight... Etc, etc.
 
Coming through Atlanta (or was it Midway?) a few weeks ago they had bomb sniffing (I assume) dogs with handlers walking the lanes. It was like TSA Precheck (which I have).
 
I will not go on an airplane unless I travel as HR.

I will not be crammed into a childs chair, breath bad air, be treated like s--t, and groped by TSA.

HR is airline speak a certain kind of cargo, 3x7 foot box sometimes covered with flag
in case you don`t know.
 
I had an 0530 flight last saturday out of Denver and the precheck line was open when I went through at about 0430.

Denver has also sometimes had the dogs in the standard line, after which it was treated like precheck. The dogs seem pretty uncommon in my limited sample.

I have no doubt that my Hasselblad 501cm would be considered "electronics bigger than a cellphone".
 
I was going through Manchester airport security and was explaining to the officer that my M2 is clockwork when his colleague leaned across and asked "is this a wind-up?". :)
Pete
 
Huh?! I've been placing all electronic devices on separate trays for a while now (traveling mostly within Europe). I've just come back from a trip where I was pulled aside because I forgot my light meter in the bag.

And, yes, Leica M3 is apparently an electronic device. "All DSLRs are electronic devices!!! Take it out!".

No point talking sense into someone when you are barefoot and without your belt holding your pants in a non-embarrassing position...
 
The amount of times they have x-rayed my Nikon F5 is beyond belief. Three times one way last May. They were unsure about the film loaded... Have mercy....:bang:
 
p.giannakis said:
The amount of times they have x-rayed my Nikon F5 is beyond belief. Three times one way last May. They were unsure about the film loaded... Have mercy....:bang:
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I make sure that my film cameras do not have film in them when I pass through security. That way I can open them up for them to take a look.
Film in separate clear bag.
 
Some years ago, traveling in transit thru Heathrow, I was pulled aside.
My 2x Nikon-F's and all manual lenses, 5!
Each camera had to be opened,
every lens pointed without caps, at a light source.
Film in plastic bag was OK.
An officer told me to get MORE modern cameras made with plastic!
I knew when to keep quiet!
 
rogazilla said:
Just can't wait to see people waiting in line and watch me taking out 5-6 bodies and place them in the bin. I will be insisting standing next to the bin through the X ray machine. Then everyone has to wait for me to carefully pack everything back into the bag. Fun time!
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More people should do just that.
 
rogazilla said:
... I will be insisting standing next to the bin through the X ray machine...
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Kudos to you if you're able to do that. Even without my cameras in plain view in a bin, I've tried to keep my eyes on bag as it goes in and comes out of the X-ray section. I must have bad luck, because either the person in front of me who had gone through the metal detection part is told to back up and go through again, forcing me further away from my bag, or the officer doesn't like the way I spread my arms and legs and tells me to do it differently, by which time my bag has been pushed forward along the belt, far away from me.
 
Flying back from Georgia a few years ago on a work trip I had my Bell & Howell 16mm camera in my carry on, I shot about 4 reels of film and the 5th was about half exposed and still in the camera. Some TSA goon wanted me to open in, I flatly told her no, and if she had a problem with that to call her supervisor and the airport police.

What she didn't know was that I was travelling with a good friend of mine who happened to be (at the time) a high ranking official in a government agency, some harsh words words were said at the TSA and airport cops and we were on our way.

I miss those days :(
 
I went through a major US airport about 3 weeks ago. A working dog went through the people maze, which I liked. I had an old rangefinder, several lenses, filters and viewfinders in an old leather camera bag. It was wipe checked once, but another time not.
 
Ronald M said:
I will not go on an airplane unless I travel as HR.

I will not be crammed into a childs chair, breath bad air, be treated like s--t, and groped by TSA.

HR is airline speak a certain kind of cargo, 3x7 foot box sometimes covered with flag
in case you don`t know.
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Actually, the code is HMR, usually referred to as a "hummer."
 
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