Flying in Mexico with PFD - CO2 Cartridge in Luggage?

[rmlarson1098]

Originally Posted by Macblaze

I usually check their Forbidden items page and then print it out so its available to show anyone who asks. Given that Volaris's page says you can pack ammunition, compressed hydrogen and flare guns, I can't see them having and issue with a tiny compressed air cylinder :-) https://cms.webopsvolaris.com/en/tra...ates+_+English

Interesting that Volaris allows you to 'pack' ammunition. We live in Mexico part-time, and may not possess even one round of ammunition. Not even a spent casing! We check our firearms, ammo, and all accessories in with a U.S. gun shop or armory before crossing the border - or sailing in Mexican waters.
And flare guns with flares in luggage? Yikes!

[iabmatos]

I was reading about this very same issue:

- https://www.ussailing.org/education/...sa-guidelines/

Cheers

Ismael

[MartinAdelaide]

If someone wants to confiscate a CO2 bottle because, you know, logically a sealed container could just be full of sarin gas?



Terrorism is not the reason, it's the fact that it's a pressurised container. On an interMexico flight it may not go high enough to be a problem but at height, it, texhnically, could be. Remember, aircraft are pressurised to keep the passengers alive.

[hellosailor]

"We live in Mexico part-time, and may not possess even one round of ammunition. "
Heck, Mexico *knows* how shiftless and untrustworthy these damned gringos really are. It was what, less than ten years ago that they first allowed gringos to actually purchase and own property within 100 miles of the coastline? Some such surprise like that, really.

"And flare guns with flares in luggage? Yikes!"
Fireworks! That's nothing dangerous. Mexicans take the word "Fiesta!" seriously. That's why you don't see any Mexicans portrayed in "American Gothic".

It ain't Passaic.

[SV THIRD DAY]

Originally Posted by hellosailor

IATA permits it, and UN regulations mandate (by treaty) that "essential lifesaving equipment" be carried without question. And our US TSA also expressly says that the cartridges should be allowed.

And and...and....
Listen I live here in La Paz, MX...you can quote chapter and verse all you want and get NOWhere Fast.

What's the problem here...put it in your Checked Bag and have a Taco.

[a64pilot]

I have delivered aircraft all up and down Central and a lot of South America.
Do not argue, be nice and request permission. If you lucky as soon as you start to argue, they stop understanding English.
If your nice, polite and recognize their position and respect it, you will be amazed at what you can get away with, not that I’m trying to tell you to do something you shouldn’t.