AusA380 From Australia, joined Jan 2009, 290 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 801 times:
I have travelled extensively, including through many airports in the USA. I travel with a CPAP machine (I don't use onboard, but carry it with me for safety).
RDU is the only airport in the world (including more than 6 in the US) that I have travelled through that requires the main CPAP unit to be taken out of my bag for x-ray.
Every time I ask them why, they say that is TSA procedure and infer that every other airport in the USA is wrong.
Why is TSA in RDU different and require a medical machine to be taken out of one's bag for xray?
xjramper From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2352 posts, RR: 52 Reply 1, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 775 times:
When I traveled with my cpap, i was always asked to remove it, regardless of the airport I was at. Now, if rules have changed, I don't know as I haven't traveled with it in a few years.
PRFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 245 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (9 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 760 times:
I travel with my CPAP machine to Asia from LAX. TSA always ask me to take it out of the bag and they swab it.
BTW, I am able to use my CPAP on PR flights on Business Class. Makes a lot of difference when I get to my destinations either going or coming back home.
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