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| Conductor criticises air security | Conductor criticises air security |
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| Airline security measures that prevent many musicians from taking instruments on board planes as hand luggage have been criticised by a leading conductor. | |
| Mark Elder - a guest conductor for the BBC Symphony Orchestra - made the criticism in a speech on the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. | Mark Elder - a guest conductor for the BBC Symphony Orchestra - made the criticism in a speech on the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. |
| He said performers faced "enormous difficulty" as a result of the policy. | He said performers faced "enormous difficulty" as a result of the policy. |
| Last month the Musicians' Union said the security measures were having a "devastating impact" on musicians. | Last month the Musicians' Union said the security measures were having a "devastating impact" on musicians. |
| It says its members "are reporting significant lost earnings" because they are unable to take their instruments on board aircraft as hand luggage. | It says its members "are reporting significant lost earnings" because they are unable to take their instruments on board aircraft as hand luggage. |
| Under current rules, passengers are allowed one item of cabin baggage, which must be no larger than a laptop bag. | Under current rules, passengers are allowed one item of cabin baggage, which must be no larger than a laptop bag. |
| 'Concerto for Laptop' | 'Concerto for Laptop' |
| A spokeswoman at the Department for Transport said instruments would have to be checked into the hold until the security situation was downgraded. | A spokeswoman at the Department for Transport said instruments would have to be checked into the hold until the security situation was downgraded. |
| Many instruments are too fragile to be placed in the hold of an airliner, the union told BBC News. | Many instruments are too fragile to be placed in the hold of an airliner, the union told BBC News. |
| Speaking on Saturday, Mr Elder said: "The one aspect of the situation that really affects us here on the platform [and that] is the enormous difficulty that so many musicians are having at the moment in travelling by plane into this country and out of it. | Speaking on Saturday, Mr Elder said: "The one aspect of the situation that really affects us here on the platform [and that] is the enormous difficulty that so many musicians are having at the moment in travelling by plane into this country and out of it. |
| "And I think it's greatly to be regretted." | "And I think it's greatly to be regretted." |
| He went on: "I think we would all agree that the time has come really to put an end to this unfairness. | He went on: "I think we would all agree that the time has come really to put an end to this unfairness. |
| "Otherwise it seems to me that next year we should all look forward to 'Concerto for Laptop and Orchestra'." | "Otherwise it seems to me that next year we should all look forward to 'Concerto for Laptop and Orchestra'." |
| The Department for Transport has said the security regulations will "be in place for as long as they need to be". | The Department for Transport has said the security regulations will "be in place for as long as they need to be". |