hval
I fly interstate in Australia quite often and have and do fly
Australia to NZ and onwards to the US and Aust to US
and return - (4 different airports in the US, only item ever
removed was an empty 250ml coke bottle !!!)
I have never been asked to turn on an item in 10+ years.
And quite often I fly with other restricted goods as well
and even then I don't get asked to open and inspect before
they go in the cage. Admittedly, I do come across as having
done it before and knowing what to do but even then ..........
(Did get called back once to open bag because some loadie
took objection to it but even the manager warned me to be
a yes man when answering his questions !!!)
Don't know what you do or where you are asked but seems
strange to me !
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