sharing an incident - carry matches...

[CouldNotPost]

on a stop for a connecting flight at Dallas international, i stepped out for a fag... on the way back the security officer spotted a lighter in my jacket (passed thru the xray-belt)... funnily enough i carried the same lighter and stepped out at dallas to smoke on my onward trip (uncanny, huh)

i was told i couldn't carry it on - that i had the option to mail it back ($12 for international/$6 for domestic mail)... i politely asked the officer to keep it.. but then she pulled out a hazardous material form, xeroxed my boarding pass and drivers licence...

was wondering if anyone else had lst a lighter - hoping this triggers off an RFE and slices cobwebs off my buried file...

cheers...

ND 09/2002

 

[p252]

Boss don't take them wrong, actually these poor security officers don't have any clue what they are doing.
Anyway its not going to affect your case anyway.

 

[ihack1]

Some 'interesting' people

... work at DFW airport for sure.
I travelled to North East during one of those cold days recently and had a heavy jacket. So, I had a plastic bag and kept the jacket in it (instead of carrying on hand which is cumbersome). In addition I had a carry-on bag+ laptop bag.
When I tried to board, the lady who was allowing the passengers , stopped me and told that I can carry only 2 carry-on items. I told her that the plastic carry on has nothing but the Jacket. She insisted that it still constitutes as a bag and asked me to a)either check-in one 'bag' or b) remove the plastic bag and carry the jacket on hand.

What do you think about that ?

Anyway, since it was during one of those heightened security alerts and not being a citizen, I stopped short of argument and did what she said.

BTW, I can feel anger and hatred among few americans towards Indian origin nationals, given that they hear everyday that jobs being exported to India.