Re: [Philmont]: Post 9/11 air travel -- HOW TO WRAP PACKS?

We use large seed bags and wrap them with a heavy duty plastic tie, the
kind that can be undone. For a photo, go to:

        http://www.charm.net/~bradj/wyoming/day18.html

and click on the first picture link "To BWI", which shows our pile at
the Salt Lake City Airport in 2001.

Patrick Miller wrote:
> Hi, my unit in Ohio is sending crews to Philmont in August by air... and
> I'm
> wondering what airline approved methods other flying crews are using
> to wrap/secure ther packs for the airlines.
>
> This will be first time our crews have flown with checked backpack
> gear since 9/11. In summer 2001 our folks mostly wrapped heavy
> duty trash bags tightly around their pack and taped/tied it neatly so
> no straps or folds were dangling and so it could be picked up easily.
> Airline was happy with that back then.
>
> But now, post 9/11, all checked bags must be left accessible for
> inspection right? And passenger's can't touch them (to rewrap)
> once they've been xrayed and possibly opened for inspection.
> So what do the carriers want scouts to do? (American Airlines
> in particular) Can we use same method but use transparent
> bags? Then pack is visible but still pretty impossible to
> reuse/reclose once ripped open. Will airline provide newwrapping
> for any packs they inspect?
>
> I'd rather not have to tell all crew members that they have to puchase a
> separate duffle large enough to contain their pack. ... which then also
> has to be stored in crew locker at CQH during trek.
>
> The airlines must deal with this every day in the summer so they probably
> have stock answers -- I just don't know what American's is. And
> suprisingly
> neither did our group reservation persion OR the initial airline baggage
> contact
>
> - Pat Miller
> ASM Troop 200, Columbus OH

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Received on Tue Jun 24 17:04:13 2003