mbelair

We came back from a two week trip to Mexico.

We traveled with American Airlines going south. Coming back up north, we were on American Airlines and after they cancelled a flight, on Air Canada as well.

We carried the head, hoses, plenum and canister in a hand held carry-on.

Counter lungs where placed with the rest of the dive gear.

Security people in Montreal did not know at all what they where dealing with and it took us a good half-hour to clear. We had brought along ANDI's (Joe Radomski's) Meg Trainig Manual and it helped reassure them quite a bit.

From one security check to the other we were being less and less descriptive of the rebreather and that seemed to help. At the end, we would just say that the bag contained specialized diving equipement.

Is it pressurized? -No
Any batteries - Yes, Plain C batteries (No need to say that they are lithium batteries!)

Actually the major down side of the trip was when are bags failed to show up at the airport on the way back and when they did show up, all four steel tanks where missing.

I'm still waiting to see what Air Canada will do with my claim!

Next time, I will make sure that I use a wheeled carry on. That Meg gets heavy after a while.

I'll see if I carry my tanks again or rent them in the future. Having them stolen really P****d us of.

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Marc