[Trombone-l] FW: flying with double bag

[Al MacDonald]

Wouldn't go there.  Even before TSA (back around 1990) I was using a
starters pistol at a cycling track event in Redmond, Washington.
SEATAC security treated it exactly like a real gun.  After all, it
looks like a real gun, and no doubt could be used to take control of
an airplane, on the assumption that you wouldn't have to actually fire
it.

Al MacDonald

EE> Has anybody had the nerve to try the starter pistol in the checked bag
EE> trick?

EE> Supposedly, with ANY kind of firearm in a checked bag,  the bag has to be
EE> locked by you after inspection,  with only you having the key.

EE> Just wondering.

EE> Thanks
EE> Eric


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EE> -----Original Message-----
EE> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
EE> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu]On Behalf Of sabutin
EE> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 3:06 PM
EE> To: Jeff Albert
EE> Cc: trombone-l at samford.edu
EE> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] flying with double bag

>>Yeah, I guess carry on is the preference.  I have hard cases that are
>>quite concise that I usually carry on, but I usually only have one
>>horn.  I could check one and carry one.  If a double would fit, that
>>would be the ideal solution.  I'll investigate plane types.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jeff

EE> Jeff...

EE> 1-Post 9-11, the Homeboy Security minimum wage types who inspect
EE> checked items cannot be trusted to re-pack your horn correctly in ANY
EE> kind of case if you check it. Otherwise I would suggest an SKB golf
EE> case. I used to carry two horns in one of those, but they had to be
EE> packed JUST SO if they were to survive. Now? I wouldn't even consider
EE> it.

EE> 2-Given that idea plus the good possibility that a double case would
EE> be challenged eventually as carry-on if you are doing any appreciable
EE> amount of traveling, I can think of only two options. Three, actually

EE> If you are traveling with a group and one of the members of that
EE> group is not carrying an instrument, get two  "concise" (nice word)
EE> hard cases and have that person carry the other one.

EE> If that is not the situation...you have to check one. Choose the one
EE> that is least valuable to you; pack it well either in a good flight
EE> case or a soft bag inside of a well-padded hard golf case and wish it
EE> well as it disappears into the bowels of whatever luggage torture
EE> chambers it must survive on your travels.

EE> Or...if your travel plans are not too complex...ship one of the horns
EE> in a well-padded cardboard box a couple of days before the gig. You
EE> know...like horn companies and re-sellers do. This works only if you
EE> are traveling to a single destination by air, though. It gets too
EE> complicated if you are doing any serious flying.

EE> Good luck.

EE> I am headed for Egypt this week to play some Ellington stuff w/the
EE> Smithsonian Band and I have opted out of bringing my valve horn to do
EE> the Tizol stuff.

EE> Too risky.

EE> Later...

EE> Sam
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