Is it true that you are sprayed upon deplaning in Australia?

No.

No, only if you smell and have not used deodorant

yes it is, they spray you with a kind'a bug spray to kill any bad things that might have come with you from other countries. I don't know if you get it coming from every country? But I've been sprayed before and its not to bad!!! They just spray it in the air not directly at you!!

Hi, Mary!<BR><BR>This certainly USED to be true... every time I would come home from anywhere, upon landing we would have to sit in our seats while some attendants came around and sprayed everything. I was never convinced that this was as harmless as they assured us it was, as I recall one day being sprayed, going home to bed, and waking up the next morning with Bell's Palsy, which disabled me for weeks! The doctor said no one knew how this condition developed, but I always had my suspicions.....<BR>Anyway, I recall coming back home again in 1997 and steeling myself for the inevitable... and it never happened. Same in 1999 and 2001. No spraying. So maybe they have given the practice away. Or maybe, since September 11, we have all got too many other things to worry about when we travel by air.

Last trip home, last month from Malaysia we were sprayed. All Asian arrivals are sprayed, not sure from Europe or US.

Hi!<BR><BR>Arrived in Sydney last month from Bangkok - stop over on way to Oz and we were sprayed (or to put it more accurately, the cabin was).<BR><BR>I wear contact lenses, so was advised to cover my eye's - I was fine!!!

I just came back from Australia. When we landed in Sydney from Los Angeles, I didn't see anyone coming through the cabin with spray of any kind.

Clearly, then, the answer to your query is that the cabin is likely to be sprayed with insecticide on landing IF the plane has come from (or through)a "dangerous" (probably Asia) region.

Just read an article in Travel Holiday magazine which says "Australia, Barbados, Fiji, Jamaica, New Zealand and Panama call the exterminator when the plane's empty. However, keep in mind that the chemicals stay active for about two months - so your air still isn't pesticide-free. According to the World Health Organization, the procedures are safe, but may aggravate conditions like asthma and allergies." It then goes on to say that you can ask your airline or travel agent if your plane will get an anti-bug bath.

Don't believe everything you read! That is the biggest load of bull I have heard in a long time

I don't know where Loise is from but in Australia most people have their offices/work-places and homes sprayed every few months to ensure that there is no insect contamination. <BR>It is better to use these chemicals than run the risk of disease from something or other. I am sure that in most other countries insect spraying is routine too and is a fact of life.

I didn't mean to offend anyone. I certainly see nothing wrong with spraying - we have flown many, many times to Australia and Fiji and it never bothered us that the planes were being sprayed even when we were on it. All I did was quote the article for the people who showed interest.

Residual spraying on surfaces that are not going to be in contact with people do not effect allergic conditions or effect asthma in any way. More importantly though, those insects i.e. cockroaches, ants, fleas, flys, mites or moths in fact do. So spraying is the lessor of two evils

The cabin was sprayed on our arrival from Hawaii on 4 Mar 02 and from New Zealand on 14 Mar 02.<BR><BR>I covered my nose and mouth with a hand-kerchief both times and did not mind it.<BR><BR>It is essential that insects from other countries are not included among the passengers. Remember that Australia is the home of many species found no where else in the world and they don't wish to introduce more.