[Trombone-l] Transiting DFW with multiple bags

[James Meyer]

There was a letter from the TSA to the AFM a couple of years ago and it
informs the TSA that musical instruments do not count as one of the carry on
bags.  I keep a copy of that letter in each gig bag and have had to show it
many times.  The TSA folks and the airline folks (American in particular as
I'm in DFW) have never turned me away with it.


On 1/10/09 9:15 AM, "Jeff Albert" <jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Earl Needham <needhame1 at plateautel.net>wrote:
> 
>> Bonemaster wrote:
>>> Maybe we missed something. If Mike was already in the security cue or
>> Raye
>>> is an AA employee, then this is NOT an airline issue; they have no
>> control
>>> or authority.
>>> 
>>     This happened at DFW, AFTER Mike had flown form Lubbock.  He went
>> through security and check-in at LBB, and the security queue wasn't
>> involved in the least at DFW, it was all at AA's gate for the flight to
>> Houston.
>> 
> 
> Not that this excuses her being rude, but he did have too many bags.  The
> rule was changed in Lubbock, not DFW.  You get a carry on and a personal
> item.  A briefcase, garment bag, and trombone is two carry ons and a
> personal item, or maybe two personal items and a carry on.  They let him get
> by with it in Lubbock.  Again, this doesn't excuse rude service, and I would
> still write a letter, but he did have too many bags.
> 
> The airlines bring this on themselves to some extent by charging to check
> bags.  I think you should get $10 back if you check your bag.  The flights
> would board and unload faster, and there would always be room for trombones.
> 
> Jeff
> 
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