Bomb?

Let us know what happens, you just know there's going to be trouble

The way he shows it's a fluid flow thingy is the best... he has to push the button connected to the bottom of the long white thing on the right. I'd love to see that happen. Also, when you do touch it, the LCD glows red and figures (knots) appear on it.
It's looking worse and worse. He's actually started looking at taking the train instead after I showed him this poll and what people have been saying.
Ah well, looks like a sunny weekend. Off for a meal in sunny Covent garden now

If he was flying in the states he'd get a visit to camp X-Ray instead of the in flight entertainment.
They'd give it a swab and check for chemical residue. If he can prove it's for a specific, non plane destroying purpose and they scan for residue it'll be fine. I reckon at most he might be delayed. Tell him to take the plane.
If stopped he can say Uncle Burner sed it was no problemo....... Insane cackle

Originally Posted by Rich

Seriously tho, he wont. Its the way of the world. Turn up with a black ball with a fuse sticking out the top....fine.

Have your mobile phone at a sloghtly odd angle in the scanner....down to the pants sir.

[Spiderman]

I was gonna say he'd be better off to go to the first copper or security person he sees and explain his dilema.

If he finds an understanding person (yeh high chance of that eh) and shows him supporting documents about the inventors fair they may disconnect it all and bag it up for him and put it in the hold.

But while this thought was going thru my head ...i also had visions of him telling a copper "i have something in this briefcase that looks remarkably like a bomb...may i show it to you?"
This would swiftly be followed with "PUT THE BRIEFCASE DOWN SLOWLY" before a swift triple tap to the forhead is deployed by an itchy trigger fingered bad-boy in blue

Your mate is either very very brave, very very naieve (sp) or very very very stoopid.
But then again if he's an inventor he lives partially in another world anyway, so good luck to the nut

Originally Posted by burner

Tell him to take the plane to Cuba.

Just got a text message from the guy... he went straight through the X-ray machine, no questions asked, nobody wanted to look in the case either.

I feel so much safer about UK airports now, especially as I'm flying off on Honeymoon on Friday.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by SVeeedy Gonzales

Just got a text message from the guy... he went straight through the X-ray machine, no questions asked, nobody wanted to look in the case either.

I feel so much safer about UK airports now, especially as I'm flying off on Honeymoon on Friday.

OMG

Glad for him but tbh i'd feel a lot safer knowing he'd been stopped and his "device" was at least looked at for a mo.

I know they recently announced that they were relaxing their current security on sharp implements etc and BA were even going back to using metal cutlery but i didnt think they'd gone as far as allowing anything and everything thru.

[northwind]

I flew into London City with a pair of replica handguns in my carry-on luggage in 2000 I asked if I should put them in the hold but they said "No, that'll cause delays if anyone sees them on the X-ray- just carry them on in your bag, it'll be fine"