traveling with tuning tools

[Warren Fisher]

Tom, I've carried my tools many times.  Just put your case on the x-ray thingy
and run it through.  They'll ask you to open the case and they'll poke around in
there, then pat you on the head and tell you to have a nice flight.

Warren

Tvak@AOL.COM wrote:

> 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.

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