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Thread ID: 119365	2011-07-19 22:14:00	Airport checks.	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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1217807	2011-07-20 00:20:00	They just don't let anyone come into our beautiful city :) :) :)	Zippity (58)
1217808	2011-07-20 00:44:00	You will most likely find that checks are done discreetly, either electronically or visually without you realising what is happening. I remember walking through a metal frame before boarding a plane at Dunedin Airport. I may have been asked if I had anything metal on me which would have been picked up. There was no real hassle. First your carry on bag is packed, they then want you to take you lappy out and show it separately, then make you take your belt off, then they look at you as if you have gone a bomb in your pocket, remembering they have never found anything worse than a potato peeler. Jo has seen this as he travels more than you you bobby.	Cicero (40)
1217809	2011-07-20 02:28:00	First your carry on bag is packed, they then want you to take you lappy out and show it separately, then make you take your belt off, then they look at you as if you have gone a bomb in your pocket, remembering they have never found anything worse than a potato peeler. Jo has seen this as he travels more than you you bobby. Air travel is a rare treat for me. I usually travel by bus or car. The last time I travelled by air was for a weekend in Christchurch so I only had an overnight bag. I did not have a laptop, nor did I carry any heavy metal objects apart from my movie camera. I did not even wear a metal buckled belt. I did therefore find that airport security was unobtrusive. If it was not for having to walk through the metal detector I would not have been aware of security measures. I could imagine security staff eyeing up passengers, looking for suspicious looking characters, as they walk through.	Bobh (5192)
1217810	2011-07-20 03:08:00	NZ airports are not that bad compared to some that I travel through. One airport I will go through a metal detector before even entering the airport and at 4 stages all on the "secure" air side of customs you will be patted down including at the air bridge, children and babies as well. And my experience with NZ screening people including Immigration and Customs is that 99% are very relaxed and friendly. Some airports, including Australia and else where in the world, they are not so people friendly as the kiwi security people. At some airports, you just don't want to look at someone in authority the wrong way. Wellington is actually a bit of a joke. Was there last week, usually I end up going through screening to get a 737, this time I was booked on a turbo prop and there was no screening at all. I could have carried a knife or any other other lethal object onto that plane and no one would have been any wiser. Someone made the comment about taking laptops out of bags. The reason for that is, the xRay machine cannot view anything under the laptop so if you left it in the laptop bag, you could conceal something on the underside of the laptop and it won't be detected. I never take off my watch, glasses, or remove my wallet, but belt buckles, coins and cellphone's will set off the metal detectors to name just some items.	PinoyKiw (9675)
1217811	2011-07-20 05:27:00	Anybody flying to Wellington should be talked out of it.	Richard (739)
1217812	2011-07-20 07:02:00	It is beyond a joke, and only designed to give people a false sense of security by leading them into believing the Government has got security taped. An elderly friend of mine, a retired Army Colonel will not fly in Australia because of the hassles - a piece of stainless steel where a part of his femur was lost to a North Korean machine gun, and a knee replacement done after he retired resulted in him being subject to the indignity of a private search to prove that he was not carrying anything. On International flights one can buy bottles of alcohol to take on board, and anyone who has seen a bottling or the victim of one knows a broken bottle is a very nasty weapon. Me thinks it is time for the little people to strike back and say sod you, like my retired Army colonel friend and either refuse to be searched or boycott aviation. They would do a very quick rethink once airlines started flying round with uneconomic load factors. The sad thing about all this is the terrorists have won, they have f*cked up the convenience of flying for the majority of the hated infidel.	KenESmith (6287)
1217813	2011-07-20 07:42:00	Domestic flights are easy. The screening is minimal - just an x-ray of your hand luggage and a walk through a metal detector. Depending where you're flying from, it doesn't take very long. It is just security theatre, but it's not bad enough to get worked up about. The "Enhanced" checks they do for some international flights to the US on the other hand...	somebody (208)
1217814	2011-07-20 07:45:00	. Wellington is actually a bit of a joke. Was there last week, usually I end up going through screening to get a 737, this time I was booked on a turbo prop and there was no screening at all. I could have carried a knife or any other other lethal object onto that plane and no one would have been any wiser. Thats because the turbo prop planes have a habit of crashing without passeger intervention, just ask nelson air passengers	plod (107)
1217815	2011-07-20 07:53:00	Thats because the turbo prop planes have a habit of crashing without passeger intervention, just ask nelson air passengers I've flown Air Nelson plenty of times without any issues. When was the last time Air Nelson were involved in a fatal crash?	somebody (208)
1217816	2011-07-20 08:04:00	I've flown Air Nelson plenty of times without any issues. When was the last time Air Nelson were involved in a fatal crash? Non fatal that I know of, but aren't there planes always nose diving while landing	plod (107)
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