![]() ![]() You can find Fish on Twitter at …and … join Fish every Thursday at 3:30pm EST as he hosts the weekly #TNI #Travel Chat on Twitter. When not working or shooting photos, Fish can be found playing with (and cleaning up after) his three kids, chasing his dogs, standing in the kitchen cooking, monitoring radios public safety and federal radios and of course cheering for the Red Sox. Growing up at the end up New York's JFK International Airport's Runway 4R/22L probably explains Fish’s enjoyment of watching planes fly overhead. Having spent more than a decade-and-a-half as a full-time photojournalist, Fish now divides his time between building social media and social commerce strategies and solutions for global travel brands, along with researching aviation and transportation security. Happy in Uncategorized Tagged airline, media preboard, national press photographer association, NPPA, photographer preboard, preboarding, Southwest Airlines, steven frischling, travel, travel photographer, travel photography, travel with cameraįish has been covering aviation and transportation security issues since September 15, 2001, after walking away from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan following four days of documenting the worst aviation security disaster in history. I have been using a National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) ID Card with no problems, but make sure you are who you say you are … gate agents see everything everyday and can spot those who aren’t who they say they are a mile away.įor those that need more help in this area … just drop me an email. Also … once you board, do not sit in an exit row, not only is it not allowed, its also really bad karma.įor those who live in an area where no credentialing is available, such as where I live, a gate agent may ask to actually see your gear or for a business card. Abusing Southwest Airline’s courtesy, as I have seen done in the past, can cause the airline to eliminate the media preboarding policy. If you’re going on vacation with a camera on each shoulder … get in line like everyone else. If you have any questions about Southwest’s policies regarding carryon baggage or preboarding, please call the Public Relations Department at 21 or send us an e-mail at not to abuse this privilege. Based on the vast feedback the airline received, Southwest further refined its policies to meet the needs of the working news media. As part of these revisions, any camera not meeting the carryon size requirements would have to be checked as luggage or a ticket would have to be purchased so that the camera could be secured in its own seat on the aircraft. In 1998, Southwest revised its carryon baggage and preboarding policies to improve the operation’s efficiency and to enhance Customers comfort. Preboarding privileges will be extended as long as the media Customer has checked in before the preboarding process has begun. The request to preboard must be made at the time of check-in at the gate when a boarding pass is obtained. Photographers and videographers will be allowed to preboard after Customers with disabilities, unaccompanied minors, or other Customers needing assistance. Preboarding privileges will be extended to photographers and videographers to ensure that the camera equipment is stowed properly. ![]() Also, if the camera is to be secured in a seat, a ticket must be purchased for that seat. However, the equipment will count as the passenger’s personal item. Media cameras will be exempt from the sizing box restriction imposed on other carryon luggage.All news media are reminded that because of enhanced security measures in place, only ticketed media will be allowed access beyond an airport’s security checkpoint.All credentialed news media utilizing Southwest Airlines will be required to adhere to the new carryon policy there will be no exceptions to this federal requirement. The Federal Aviation Administration has mandated a new carryon policy for all airlines that limits Customers to one bag and one, smaller personal item.To accommodate the special requirements of photographers and videographers, Southwest will make the following exceptions to carryon baggage and preboarding policies. So, for those of you needing the exact wording of Southwest Airlines’ preboarding policy for photographers and videographers, copy and print the following While the link to Southwest Airlines’ preboarding may no longer be on their website, the policy still very much exists, and is great for ensuring a photographer’s gear is properly stowed in the overhead bin, rather than praying for bin space after other passengers have boarded. It seems that once a week, if not more often, a photographer emails me, Tweets more or calls me asking about Southwest Airline’s preboarding for photographers and credentialed media. ![]()
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