Re: [Philmont]: Stoves, II

Forgot to mention - on page
http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=177
the TSA has these weasel-words:
"The prohibited and permitted items list is not intended to be all-inclusive and is updated as necessary. To ensure everyone's security the screener may determine that an item not on this chart is prohibited."

Guess they never heard of the concept of being HELPFUL.

Dave

-- Original Message --
From: Dave Martin <dwmartin@stny.rr.com>
To: philmont@troop47.com
Send: 2004-07-21
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Stoves, II

Rick Plumb said "I just spoke to Delta Customer support ...."

It sure would be nice if there were *one* definitive source of information on
this topic.

The TSA website
http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?content=0900051980068395
still says (as of 10:00AM EDT 7/21/2004)
"Camp Stoves - Can travel as carry-on or checked luggage only if empty of all
fuel and cleaned such that vapors and residue are absent. Simply emptying the
fuel container is insufficient as flammable vapors remain."

Unfortunately, there is no "last updated on X date" on this page, so either (1)
those who reported that the rules recently changed had actually encountered a
clerk who did not know the rules, or (2) the TSA is slow to update their
website.
Wanna take bets which is correct? Maybe both?

Dave Martin
Endwell NY

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Received on Wed Jul 21 11:02:36 2004