Some airports are still hand checking. Arrive early, be polite & ask. The regulations still say hand checks of film when asked for. And, it is not too much to ask for either. Hand checking film or not hand checking film would not have saved anyone in any of the airline terrorist disasters. As for buying film when you reach your destination, many locations do not have pro films we use and have tested. Shipping is a great way to miss your film as you get in late due to a flight delay & can't make the connection to pick up the film before you have to get in a vehicle to get to the shooting location at 4am.(posted 8279 days ago)Hand checking is simple, even for the stupidist of the "highly trained" security types. You know, the ones who insist you make a call from your Stylus Epic camera?