New ICAO rule on lithium batteries - cargo
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Apologies. With the rolly-eyes icon, I thought you were busting on the IPA. "Lost in translation" you could say. As for the other bashing going on, I won't touch that. Not saying that it's right... But the snubbing that ALPA gave us for the lawsuit rubbed many the wrong way.
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I'd rather be aware that I had a potential problem aboard than to continue with the "I've got a secret" game of shippers masking DG as regular cargo in order to get lower shipping rates.
The acknowledgement that lithium-ion batteries CAN be dangerous is similarly a huge step in getting to either ban them completely from air shipments or place them in a suitable DG category where they are documented and tracked.
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It is labeled Class 9 - which is miscellaneous - at FDX you need to look at every position that has Class 9 to see whether you have the lithium batteries. Not difficult to ascertain, but not displayed in an easy format.
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Yes, I realize that. But so are a plethora of other things listed as Class 9, few of which can cause SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS (i.e.: FIRE...). Lithium ion batteries deserve to be brought to the forefront so that they are TRANSPARENT, even on the 3rd leg of a night hub turning death march.
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There is currently nothing that requires an inspection of the batteries to be carried, nor a requirement to inform the crew.
I'd rather be aware that I had a potential problem aboard than to continue with the "I've got a secret" game of shippers masking DG as regular cargo in order to get lower shipping rates.
The acknowledgement that lithium-ion batteries CAN be dangerous is similarly a huge step in getting to either ban them completely from air shipments or place them in a suitable DG category where they are documented and tracked.
I'd rather be aware that I had a potential problem aboard than to continue with the "I've got a secret" game of shippers masking DG as regular cargo in order to get lower shipping rates.
The acknowledgement that lithium-ion batteries CAN be dangerous is similarly a huge step in getting to either ban them completely from air shipments or place them in a suitable DG category where they are documented and tracked.
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