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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / July 2004Dive Travel Questions
It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for the new baggage checker who never saw dive gear before, we traveled without a hitch. We are planning a trip to Coz this fall and am wondering the proper way to transport dive gear. I'm sure a dive knife in carry on luggage will cause major headaches. What about Regs & Computers? I think I would still like to carry these items on. Is it possible? John Lange > It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our > Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > major headaches. What about Regs & Computers? I think I would still like > to carry these items on. Is it possible? By the way, have a great time. You shouldn't have any problems carrying dive gear into Coz. > It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our > Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > major headaches. What about Regs & Computers? I think I would still like > to carry these items on. Is it possible? My knife goes in my checked bags and my Regs & Comp still go into my carry on. At least on the way there, that is. On the return trip, I carry my computer in my carryon and my regs can go into my checked bag. Cool, Thanks, Now I can go without worry. JOhn ><> > > It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed > our [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > On the return trip, I carry my computer in my carryon and my regs can go > into my checked bag. > We are planning a trip to Coz this fall and am wondering the proper way to > transport dive gear. I'm sure a dive knife in carry on luggage will cause > major headaches. What about Regs & Computers? I think I would still like > to carry these items on. Is it possible? Yes. I pack it all in a regular suitcase. Someone wandered off with one of my bags (not the gear) on one occasion, but all was sorted out before we left the airport. > > We are planning a trip to Coz this fall and am wondering the proper way to > > transport dive gear. I'm sure a dive knife in carry on luggage will cause [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > bags (not the gear) on one occasion, but all was sorted out before we > left the airport. Well said. The airline related theft of SCUBA gear is all but non existant. Why? Did you ever try to sell a piece of SCUBA gear after you walked out into the daylight from your LDS? (local dive shop) Most pawn shops and NO "Play it Again" Sports franchise will touch the stuff. (Either liability or lack of market) Checked baggage? Cameras and some sexual appliances may be at risk. I would advise to continue checking vibrators in your luggage, but remove the batteries. The unintentional vibrating can cause quite a tingle with the TSA. Cameras? Carry them on, along with your dive computer- but skip the hard sided plastic Pellican case. These cases are designed for checked baggage, and if you check them, put them inside of a duffel bag (like a US Military surplus 'aircrew bag'). Use a soft padded camera bag. When you carry a Pellican case on board the cabin of an aircraft, a traveller confirms that he is a fool and posuer. They are clunky, clumsy, overkill, not needed and a waste of carry-on weight limit capacity. Most view them as a sexual appliance (see above) as in: "Hey ladies, I drive a Vette, too" Doc. "Robert \"Doc\" Adelman, C.I.D." <lawyers-guns-money@worldnet.att.net> wrote: >> > We are planning a trip to Coz this fall and am wondering the proper way >to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Again" Sports franchise will touch the stuff. (Either liability or lack of >market) A presenter at a respirator course I was taking had his SCBAs (self contained breathing apparatus - not SCUBA because not for underwater, but somewhat the same kind of thing) stolen out of his rental car when he was at the hotel near where the course was being given. The SCBAs were all in nice looking cases and I'm guessing that the guy that stole them thought he was getting something good. I totally don't know where in the world one would fence a hot SCBA. About the only people that use them on a regular basis are fire departments, HAZ MAT folks, and sometimes construction crews. Hey pssst Mr Volunteer fireman - I'll sell you this SCBA cheap. I used to live in a known drug area, and one day when I was coming home with sampling equipment (all in nice aluminum cases) one of the drug dealers sitting on the fence outside my building with his cell phone and his beeper asked me "Hey do you want to take my picture?" It took me a minute or so, but I realized that he though I had cameras in the cases. I didn't want some crazed druggie breaking into my apartment thinking I had a lot of expensive camera equipment, so I stopped and unpacked everything and showed it to them. I probably told them more than they wanted to know about Gilliam pumps <g> >Checked baggage? Cameras and some sexual appliances may be at risk. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >and if you check them, put them inside of a duffel bag (like a US Military >surplus 'aircrew bag'). Use a soft padded camera bag. I often put my regular PC computer (not my dive computer which I also carry on with me) in a regular bag (it says Navy Exchange on it and is a leather type brief case but is padded) and then I sometimes pack my dirty underwear in the identifiable computer bag. I carry all the camera equipment in a waist bag. I try to have as non-descript checked luggage as possible. >When you carry a Pellican case on board the cabin of an aircraft, a >traveller confirms that he is a fool and posuer. The only pelican case I have is for my pocketmail, so that it won't be water damaged if I drop it overboard (from my boat). I don't see why a Pelican case would be needed for dive gear. After all that's supposed to be able to get wet. >They are clunky, clumsy, overkill, not needed and a waste of carry-on weight >limit capacity. Most view them as a sexual appliance (see above) as in: "Hey >ladies, I drive a Vette, too" grandma Rosalie "> <nospam@all.please.net> wrote in message > news:pan.2004.07.03.13.59.24.436412@all.please.net... > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > bags (not the gear) on one occasion, but all was sorted out before we > > left the airport. I mark my luggage with large bows of red string on the handle and some Canadian Flag stickers. If anyone walks off with my bag, it's on purpose and not a mistake. > "> <nospam@all.please.net> wrote in message >> news:pan.2004.07.03.13.59.24.436412@all.please.net... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Canadian Flag stickers. If anyone walks off with my bag, it's on purpose > and not a mistake. I do something similar, but this guy (and crew) were pretty lit. Our bags weren't even the same color! > I mark my luggage with large bows of red string on the handle and some > Canadian Flag stickers. If anyone walks off with my bag, it's on purpose > and not a mistake. I should add that it makes it quite easy to identify my own bags as they come down the carousel. >> I mark my luggage with large bows of red string on the handle and some >> Canadian Flag stickers. If anyone walks off with my bag, it's on purpose >> and not a mistake. > >I should add that it makes it quite easy to identify my own bags as they >come down the carousel. My mom started marking our bags in 1950 - at that time she did it with freezer tape, which is still on there. I don't know if they even sell freezer tape anymore. These were Samsonite bags (hard side) and she put blue and white tape around the perimeter and a large initial on the top. grandma Rosalie > >> I mark my luggage with large bows of red string on the handle and some > >> Canadian Flag stickers. If anyone walks off with my bag, it's on purpose [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > freezer tape, which is still on there. I don't know if they even sell > freezer tape anymore. You probably don't have to worry about anyone trying to take off with those bags anymore, freezer tape or no freezer tape. hee hee My last trip, someone stripped off one of my markers . . . it said "Canadian girls kick a.s". ;^) > These were Samsonite bags (hard side) and she > put blue and white tape around the perimeter and a large initial on > the top. > > grandma Rosalie > It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our > Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > John Lange Dive knife in carry on will cause no headaches. It will be taken from you. The reg and computer can go either way. Adam >> It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our >> Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Adam TSA has now taken a "no bullshit" approach and will do it's best to ruin your day. At the very least, they will hold you for a while. At worst, you have probably committed a felony, at least in their feeble little "brains".  Signaturedillon When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark and the horse's name was Bob. > >> It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our > >> Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > worst, you have probably committed a felony, at least in their feeble > little "brains". Maybe so with a large knife. I've had several small Swiss Army knives taken from me when I forgot to remove them from my carryon. Adam > > >Dive knife in carry on will cause no headaches. It will be taken from you. > > TSA has now taken a "no bullshit" approach and will do it's best to > > ruin your day. At the very least, they will hold you for a while. At > > worst, you have probably committed a felony, at least in their feeble > > little "brains". > Maybe so with a large knife. I've had several small Swiss Army > knives taken from me when I forgot to remove them from my carryon. I've lost small pocketknives and cuticle scissors. No riot act, but I'd not assume the same for a "REAL" knife like a dive knife. Put the knife (any size) in checked baggage if you want to keep it. FWIW, I've also seen people lose bicycle tire repair kit tools...the ones with no wrench or tire iron more than 5" long. The general rule of thumb is that if they're not positive that its on the approved item list, it gets confiscated. Wouldn't be so bad, but you'll inevitably run into an operation who's not up on the current TSA guidelines: it seems that it only took a full year for Valiparazo Airport (VPS) to finally receive the TSA shoe memo that it only applies to >1" heels. -hh > FWIW, I've also seen people lose bicycle tire repair kit tools...the > ones with no wrench or tire iron more than 5" long. The general rule of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > seems that it only took a full year for Valiparazo Airport (VPS) to > finally receive the TSA shoe memo that it only applies to >1" heels. Last May when I was returning home from Cozumel, the Coz gatekeepers confiscated from my carry on the ropes and marine carabiner type rope clips that I use to hang my hammock. Also, in the hand inspection of my checked luggage, they made me remove the batteries from all 6 of our dive lights. Gordon in Austin >>FWIW, I've also seen people lose bicycle tire repair kit tools...the >>ones with no wrench or tire iron more than 5" long. The general rule of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Gordon in Austin Yes the had me do the same to my dive lights > Last May when I was returning home from Cozumel, the Coz gatekeepers > confiscated from my carry on the ropes and marine carabiner type rope > clips that I use to hang my hammock. Also, in the hand inspection of my > checked luggage, they made me remove the batteries from all 6 of our > dive lights. That's too funny. Seems to me if that's the case then they should stop people from packing any corded electric appliances, or hair tiebacks, belts . . .etc. Hey, I can understand the rope business to a degree but what did they think you might do with your carabineers? >> Last May when I was returning home from Cozumel, the Coz gatekeepers >> confiscated from my carry on the ropes and marine carabiner type rope [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Hey, I can understand the rope business to a degree but what did they think >you might do with your carabineers? Having had a 'biner hit me from 100 feet, they do hurt quite a bit. I can't imagine what one would feel like from 35,000 ft. Of course, you'd have to be in an airplane with windows that opened or a convertible (Aloha). Signaturedillon When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark and the horse's name was Bob. > > Last May when I was returning home from Cozumel, the Coz gatekeepers > > confiscated from my carry on the ropes and marine carabiner type rope [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Hey, I can understand the rope business to a degree but what did they think > you might do with your carabineers? It wasn't the ropes; they offered to let me cut them loose and take them. Of course, then I would have needed a knife... ;^) Gordon in Austin > > Hey, I can understand the rope business to a degree but what did they think > > you might do with your carabineers? > > It wasn't the ropes; they offered to let me cut them loose and take > them. Of course, then I would have needed a knife... ;^) Too funny. the batteries from all 6 of our > dive lights. This isn't so much an anti-terror thing as it is an anti-dumbshit passenger thing. I have seen three dive bags smouldering as they sat after unloading... lights having been activated in transit. My UK1200r will ignite anything within 2" when above water. Just a general safety thing. We should all do it. Doc. > the batteries from all 6 of our > > dive lights. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Doc. I've been asked to remove batteries from flashlights, but I reverse polarity on my batteries so the light cannot be turned on in the suitcase. Adam > > the batteries from all 6 of our > > > dive lights. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Just a general safety thing. We should all do it. I just don't load my batteries on the way down and dump them out again on my way home. It's not just a security thing, it keeps the batteries better anyway. Actually, lots of times, I just leave my batteries with the DM's. A few places that I go, it's considered more than a decent tip on top of any cash I might be inclined to leave behind as well.. > I've been asked to remove batteries from flashlights, but I reverse polarity > on my batteries so the light cannot be turned on in the suitcase. Instead of reversing polarity, I insert an electrical insulator to block any flow. What I use for the insulator is a small piece of a 3"x5" card. It comes from my dive logbook...I use spiral-bound booklets of 3"x5" cards as my logbooks (a buck each at an office supply store). The last card (page) often serves as a source of miscellaneous paper for tagging things, such as if I need a label to drop into a canister of exposed film, etc. So long as I have a page left, I have multiple spares :-) I've also tried using plain old paper, but with the transportation vibrations, you can rub a hole through a single layer pretty easily. Fold it up a couple of times to thicken it up...at least 4 layers or so...to make sure that it will be a good electrical insulator that won't wear through before the flight's over. Also make sure that its dry. -hh > > I've been asked to remove batteries from flashlights, but I reverse polarity > > on my batteries so the light cannot be turned on in the suitcase. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > -hh That's also a good idea. Unfortunately you still may be asked to remove the batteries. Adam > > FWIW, I've also seen people lose bicycle tire repair kit tools...the > > ones with no wrench or tire iron more than 5" long. The general rule of [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Gordon in Austin I've also been asked to remove batteries from flashlights. > It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our > Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > to carry these items on. Is it possible? > John Lange I take my reg/computer in my carry on there and usually, but not always, in my carry on back home. However, it's been probably close to 15 yrs since I've carried a dive knife on a vacation. (Antigua was the last time and I carried it on my check on luggage. The inspector saw it in my gear and didn't say a word.) The underwater parks and many other locations (including some local quarries) don't allow you to carry a dive knife anymore.... and I can't say that I've wished I had one during the past years when I wasn't carrying a dive knife. I'm curious as to where you're going on vactaion. > > It has been 5 years since I flew to a dive site. At that time we packed our > > Regs, Computers, etc (including knives) in our carry on bag and except for [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > had one during the past years when I wasn't carrying a dive knife. I'm > curious as to where you're going on vactaion. Hi, I travel with my scuba equipment both U.S. and abroad and what I do is pack my dive knife in my checked bag, and carry my reg, and dive computer in my carry-on. One thing I do is as I pass my bag into the x-ray machine, I smile nicely to the x-ray operators and say, "by the way, it's scuba gear" (there's no law against talking to the operators while they're looking at your bag). They usually reply with a friendly OK and generally let it through without a hassle. Sometimes they hand check it but it's usually low key since they've been nicely "forewarned" what's in the bag. I live in an area where there aren't a lot of scuba divers and it's funny to see the expression on the x-ray operator's face trying to figure out what all those hoses and stuff are if I don't tell them beforehand that I'm carrying scuba gear (when returning from places like Florida they usually recognize what's in the bag due to the number of scuba travelers (though the last time they verified with me up front that there wasn't a dive knife in my carry-on, seems that some divers DO try to carry them with them)). thanks, Randy <snip> > I travel with my scuba equipment both U.S. and abroad and what I do is pack > my > dive knife in my checked bag, and carry my reg, and dive computer in my > carry-on. I do pretty much teh same thing. > One thing I do is as I pass my bag into the x-ray machine, I smile nicely to > the x-ray [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > it's usually low key since they've been nicely "forewarned" what's in the > bag. I had my bag checked in Miami on my way to Jamaica. Interestingly, they didn't care a lick about the scuba gear (which they probably recognized), but were more worried about the aluminum stays in my backpack (I have an internal frame daypack I travel with). They pulled one out, checked it, saw it wasn't sharp and really posed no danger (they're very soft so they probably wouldn't even hurt that much if you hit someone with them) and let me go about my business. I check-in everything in the giant backpack. |
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