RE: [IP] RE: security at airports
In the past 6 months I have flown about 8 round trips. I always show my
insulin pump and have not had a problem. 3 times I've been wanded (took
about 2 min) and twice it has been swabbed (took about 4 min). I don't feel
that the wanding or swabbing is that much of an inconvenience.
Last time and my wife and I traveled and she got pulled aside for a random
screening. She asked why she was selected and before she was told that it
was random the female screener told he that her boss was getting divorced
and insisted that all wives were terrorists. We all had a good laugh and it
really lightened up the day.,
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[mailto:email @ redacted] On Behalf Of Kathy Benedict
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:23 PM
To: email @ redacted
Subject: [IP] RE: security at airports
Sometime in the last couple of years the Homeland Security people decided
that
insulin pumps were dangerous and could be put to sinister uses. I've done
some flying since then and have been taken aside and my stuff wiped for
explosive residue and been wanded every time I've flown. I've just adapted
to
it when I fly and allow extra time. I would think that the syringes in my
carryon and the bottles of insulin in the baggie would tip them off anyway
if
I tried to hide it, and it isn't that much of an inconvenience. There was a
whole thread on this a while back, you might want to check the archives.
When travelling to another country (and Canada qualifies) I would expect
different security procedures to be in force. They are not uniform across
the
US, and can vary a little from time to time even in the same airport. So
there isn't really an answer to your question about LAX. I usually just
tell
the screener before I step through the screening machine, and they have been
perfectly pleasant while doing their jobs when I've encountered this.
Just my experience.
Kathy
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