Re: X-RAY altert at GATWICK

[Simon Nathan <simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

steve, jignesh- et al: in 1972, or thereabouts,
i wrote a column about united airline twerp unwrapping every roll of film,
saying about the cameras in my hand carry case "there's a lot of value
there" etc. united mounted a letter writing campaign to popular
photography magazine and mostly negatives
ones got published. i travelled 100.000 miles a year from '47 to '97. but
hardly ever on ual. simon nathan

Steve Shapiro wrote:

I had similar problems with sending photos, through British customs where I
had a suspicion that they are turning brutal, these days.

Simply, unfair interpretations of the laws.  It's almost Facist.

Now, I don't wat to get into a flame war, but to enforce the law for the
sake of the law is not OUR representative deomocracy.  Here, we look to
enforce the law for the overall good of the most in the best interest of the
many.  (We in the US do NOT hold fast that majority rules.)

S. Shapiro
-----Original Message-----
From: Jignesh Jhaveri <jigneshjhaveri@xxxxxxxxx>
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 11:51 PM
Subject: X-RAY altert at GATWICK

At Gatwick, the military chaps insist on EVERYTHING going thru the
X-Ray machine, no matter what you say, and god help you if you have a
film bag (x-ray resistant), they rip it out and pass it thru, and
point to the big sign above "FILM SAFE". what a joke, my my 25 asa
Kodak Techincal Pan, 50 asa velvia and HIE infrared were all fogged
with streaks. I'm not even going to say anything about the higher
speed film which was RUINED. Be careful never fly out of GATWICK
(biggest mistake on that trip)

JJ
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