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--=====================_9488137==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 07:35 AM 19/09/2001 , Trey wrote: >You are leaving out the fact that those planes from Curacao to Aruba or >Bonaire have open cargo bays to the cabin. No shit they take your dive >knife. From Heathrow it takes you two hours of security checking to get onto the plane, and then MAS gives you a steel knife and fork to eat lunch with or, if you want, stick in someone's neck. rgds billyw >-----Original Message----- >From: Richards, Simon [mailto:richardss@nm*.co*] >Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:46 AM >To: 'techdiver@aquanaut.com' >Subject: Travel - luggage restrictions > > >I just received this from "Scubadoc". > >Best regards, > >Simon Richards > >-----Original Message----- >From: lists@is*.co* [mailto:lists@is*.co*] >Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:49 AM >To: richardss@nm*.co* >Subject: Diving Medicine Online Newsletter > > >Good Morning! > >Here is a letter from David Colvard that should get your attention and >warn you of things to come: > > >This morning at the Flamingo Airport (Bonaire) a number of divers, including >myself, were surprised by having multiple items confiscated by the airport >security personnel. We had expected some increased measures, but nothing >like we experienced. I had left my new dive knife back at my >condo at Sand Dollar, but they went through EVERYTHING with a fine tooth >comb and took my nail clippers, blunt scissors, and tweezers FROM my toilet >kit in my checked baggage. They also refused to allow me to check as >luggage >a box containing a tv I was returning to the States, even though I had just >brought down several electronic items in the same box a week earlier. I >was told it was new FAA rules, but that was not true. I had to leave it >behind and I plan to file a claim against American Eagle. Several dive >knives which were in luggage were confiscated, even though they were NOT >in carry on bags. Another diver headed to St Vincent from Bonaire through >San Juan lost his regulator repair tools, even though they were in checked >luggage, not in carry on luggage. Half the passengers on our American Eagle >flight had similar experiences. > >Bottom line: Divers should be aware that the islands are interpreting >the new airport security FAA rules VERY strictly and should NOT attempt >to bring any "sharps" or tools on any flight, whether in carry on or checked >luggage. I hope you will issue an immediate alert to divers who plan any >air travel to the islands in the near future. > > >David F Colvard, MD >Principal Investigator, Safety Survey of Recreational Scuba Divers >Board-certified Psychiatrist >Member of Underwater & Hyperbaric Medical Society >Divemaster > >3725 National Dr #228, Raleigh, NC 27612 USA >Office 919-781-3141 FAX 810-314-2181 >dcolvard@mi*.co* > > > >Ern Campbell, MD >scubadoc >Diving Medicine Online >www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________ >________ >To change your email address or remove yourself from this list, go to: > >http://www.ismax.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ismax/start.cgi/hostapps/campbell/max_e >mailer/add.html > >Message delivery by MAX e-Mailer -- mailing list hosting provided by >I.S.MAX! >http://www.ismax.com > > >********************************************************************** >This message is for the named person's use only. It may >contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged >information. No right to confidential or privileged treatment >of this message is waived or lost by any error in >transmission. If you have received this message in error, >please immediately notify the sender by e-mail or by >telephone at 212 403 3500, delete the message and all >copies from your system and destroy any hard copies. You >must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, >print or copy any part of this message if you are not the >intended recipient. >********************************************************************** >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. --=====================_9488137==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> At 07:35 AM 19/09/2001 , Trey wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote type=cite cite>You are leaving out the fact that those planes from Curacao to Aruba or<br> Bonaire have open cargo bays to the cabin. No shit they take your dive<br> knife.</blockquote><br> From Heathrow it takes you two hours of security checking to get <br> onto the plane, and then MAS gives you a steel knife and fork to<br> eat lunch with or, if you want, stick in someone's neck.<br> <br> rgds billyw<br> <br> <br> <blockquote type=cite cite>-----Original Message-----<br> From: Richards, Simon [<a href="mailto:richardss@nm*.co*" eudora="autourl">mailto:richardss@nm*.co*</a>]<br> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:46 AM<br> To: 'techdiver@aquanaut.com'<br> Subject: Travel - luggage restrictions<br> <br> <br> I just received this from "Scubadoc".<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> Simon Richards<br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: lists@is*.co* [<a href="mailto:lists@is*.co*" eudora="autourl">mailto:lists@is*.co*</a>]<br> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:49 AM<br> To: richardss@nm*.co*<br> Subject: Diving Medicine Online Newsletter<br> <br> <br> Good Morning!<br> <br> Here is a letter from David Colvard that should get your attention and<br> warn you of things to come:<br> <br> <br> This morning at the Flamingo Airport (Bonaire) a number of divers, including<br> myself, were surprised by having multiple items confiscated by the airport<br> security personnel. We had expected some increased measures, but nothing<br> like we experienced. I had left my new dive knife back at my<br> condo at Sand Dollar, but they went through EVERYTHING with a fine tooth<br> comb and took my nail clippers, blunt scissors, and tweezers FROM my toilet<br> kit in my checked baggage. They also refused to allow me to check as<br> luggage<br> a box containing a tv I was returning to the States, even though I had just<br> brought down several electronic items in the same box a week earlier. I<br> was told it was new FAA rules, but that was not true. I had to leave it<br> behind and I plan to file a claim against American Eagle. Several dive<br> knives which were in luggage were confiscated, even though they were NOT<br> in carry on bags. Another diver headed to St Vincent from Bonaire through<br> San Juan lost his regulator repair tools, even though they were in checked<br> luggage, not in carry on luggage. Half the passengers on our American Eagle<br> flight had similar experiences.<br> <br> Bottom line: Divers should be aware that the islands are interpreting<br> the new airport security FAA rules VERY strictly and should NOT attempt<br> to bring any "sharps" or tools on any flight, whether in carry on or checked<br> luggage. I hope you will issue an immediate alert to divers who plan any<br> air travel to the islands in the near future.<br> <br> <br> David F Colvard, MD<br> Principal Investigator, Safety Survey of Recreational Scuba Divers<br> Board-certified Psychiatrist<br> Member of Underwater & Hyperbaric Medical Society<br> Divemaster<br> <br> 3725 National Dr #228, Raleigh, NC 27612 USA<br> Office 919-781-3141 FAX 810-314-2181<br> dcolvard@mi*.co*<br> <br> <br> <br> Ern Campbell, MD<br> scubadoc<br> Diving Medicine Online<br> <a href="http://www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc" eudora="autourl">www.gulftel.com/~scubadoc</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ____________________________________________________________________________< br> ________<br> To change your email address or remove yourself from this list, go to:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.ismax.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ismax/start.cgi/hostapps/campbell/max _e" eudora="autourl">http://www.ismax.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/ismax/start.cgi/hostapps/c ampbell/max_e</a><br> mailer/add.html<br> <br> Message delivery by MAX e-Mailer -- mailing list hosting provided by<br> I.S.MAX!<br> <a href="http://www.ismax.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.ismax.com</a><br> <br> <br> **********************************************************************<br> This message is for the named person's use only. It may<br> contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged<br> information. No right to confidential or privileged treatment<br> of this message is waived or lost by any error in<br> transmission. If you have received this message in error,<br> please immediately notify the sender by e-mail or by<br> telephone at 212 403 3500, delete the message and all<br> copies from your system and destroy any hard copies. You<br> must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute,<br> print or copy any part of this message if you are not the<br> intended recipient.<br> **********************************************************************<br> --<br> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.<br> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.<br> <br> --<br> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'.<br> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.</blockquote></html> --=====================_9488137==_.ALT-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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