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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
[Re: NakedAsAJaybird]
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12/16/2015 07:30 PM
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OK, that's weird. Never heard of that before. I guess they are looking for drugs or handguns or other contraband??
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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12/16/2015 09:04 PM
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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12/17/2015 08:04 AM
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Somehow I just can't picture a Saturday arrival day with 3 or 4 big boys arriving at the same time and over a thousand passengers having their bags scanned (and maybe inspected) in THE scanner. Guess I have to wait a few weeks to see for myself... I hope it was this They probably had a tip thus the scanner
and not a routine occurrence
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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Coming back to the states one year from SXM thru JFK, my luggage was pulled offline and scanned also. It appears that SXM must be scanning all luggage from every were, as all countries are not inspecting/scanning like the US does, so they must becoming more diligent to stop contraband of any type from coming into the country. They might be looking for some tampering by ground personnel in the departure city also.
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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01/08/2016 05:10 PM
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I think the question was regarding scanning luggage in SXM not the USA and whether it was still occurring..and since we are arriving on Sunday I am also interested in the answer
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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01/10/2016 03:18 PM
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Wow, this is a situation that they need to get resolved. That is terrible.
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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01/10/2016 04:06 PM
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KLM passengers were just arriving when we got walked through. I HOPE they d/c'd it then. There was no physical way to fit that many people into that mess.
I will take a survey of my tennis group tomorrow and see if we were the only "lucky" ones. They arrive on different days.
I should add on scanning days maybe they should curtain the PA announcement touting "The best airport in the Caribbean"...it didn't go over too well <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
All's fine now...sitting on the 5th floor deck at SBR looking out at the Bay...maybe with a cold Carib in hand. Oh, did you know COLD six pack at Market Garden costs more than warm beer?...open late on Sunday (same as other days)
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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01/10/2016 06:35 PM
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kish said: Where does COPA fly from and on which day besides Sunday? To/from Panama City. They fly on Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. We were on that flight today (Panama city - sxm), took us about 15 minutes to get through passport control and 10 minutes through scanner.
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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boucharda said:
I thought it would have made a bit more sense to place the scanner outside the baggage belt and scan the bags from the airlines they were concerned with rather than penalizing everyone.
That does sound like a reasonable approach, doesn't it?! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
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Re: New luggage scanner SXM Airport
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01/10/2016 11:06 PM
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pat said:boucharda said:
I thought it would have made a bit more sense to place the scanner outside the baggage belt and scan the bags from the airlines they were concerned with rather than penalizing everyone.
That does sound like a reasonable approach, doesn't it?! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> Years ago, traveling through SJU, I used to sometimes be on a section of the ramp where I could see luggage on an airside conveyer belt, moving at a slow speed. There was a handler with a dog, with the dog walking on the luggage, against the flow. The pooch had a few seconds to sniff each and every bag.
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