SYD Security, transit on a BKK-SYD-AKL flight.
Archway bleeps, I tell the operator that I have a hip replacement, he says
"You'll need to remove all metal"
"Got a scalpel .......?"
Blank looks...
I carry an image of the x-ray and the manufacturer's certificate, signed by the surgeon, but it mostly doesn't help - literacy appears to be in fairly short supply in LAX,where they run around like headless chickens, the BKK people let you drift through and the folks at FRA, MAN and AKL just tend to say "Hip replacement, right hand side?"
Last edited by RevMan2; 7th September 2010 at 09:22.