While you and I might do an exemplary job of cleaning our fuel containers, I'd rather not have a cargo bay explosion because someone else didn't. It's the fumes that are the most volatile (for most, if not all, flammable liquids), and how are the airport staff to know -- without time-consuming examinations -- which fuel container is really clean and which isn't? It's enough of a hassle to fly these days without adding more "overhead" of examiners testing each and every article in our baggage for compliance. Darryl Darryl - My experience has been that the security people will examine each and every potential hazard no matter whether it proves to be a hazard or not. And my experience is that they open the fuel bottles, look inside and put their noses to the opening and can tell quite easily if there are fumes or not. And I know there won't be because I leave empty, open bottles in the sun after rinsing them out. And then swish a little cooking oil in the bottle and pour it out before packing them. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 10 2005 - 05:55:26 PDT
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