In a message dated 6/9/2005 4:12:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, tfj4_at_comcast.net writes: I am aware that lighters are no longer permitted in checked or carry on luggage on commercial aircraft. But someone told me that he had heard even empty fuel bottles are no longer permitted in checked baggage. That is news to me. Within the last year I have transported used but clean and dry fuel bottles and backpacking (no reservoir) stoves on flights and I know the baggage was examined. Furthermore, airline FAQs do not prohibit empty fuel bottles and backpacking stoves, as they do many other items, including fuel itself, pepper spray, strike anywhere matches, empty propane tanks, etc. Is the story about empty bottles and stoves just a rumor, or has something new happened? Individual results may vary, but my friend Scott was feeling righteous about his 8 dollar fuel bottle on the way back home. Spent a long time cleaning it out and laughing at me how I was wasting mine by leaving it on the nightstand with a hastily written note in Spanish: free fuel. Clean will never be clean enough as far as the authoritah's are concerned. Only a one way ride for a brand new fuel bottle has worked for me every time. I don't want to give them a reason to spend more time with my equipment. In the old days, the reservoir stoves were accepted but I wouldn't base a trip on them any longer. Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jun 09 2005 - 10:14:02 PDT
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