traveling with tuning tools

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I'm off to Reno tomorrow, and just to be safe, I called United Airlines to 
inquire if I would have any trouble taking my tuning kit on the airplane.  
The woman at United asked me what kind of tools was I planning to take on the 
airplane?  I told her I had screwdrivers, pliers, a tuning hammer...  She 
interrupted, "How many screwdrivers?"  OK... "I have two big ones, a phillips 
head and a standard, and two small ones, also a phillips and a standard."  I 
was put on hold until she could talk to a supervisor.  She came back a minute 
or two later and said she wanted a complete list of all the tools that I 
wanted to take on the plane.  However, if I wanted to stow the tools in my 
baggage, it was fine.  

I told her I would just take my hammer, mutes and tuning fork, and stow them 
in my luggage.   

That's all I'll really need in Reno, but what if I was taking the technical 
test and I needed my tools?  I guess I'd just have to stow them in with the 
baggage.

Anyone else ever experience any difficulties traveling with your tools?  
Never having flown anywhere with my tools before, I was just lucky that I had 
the sudden impulse to call the airline and check.

Tom S.