[HANASHIR:2778] Re: Guitar travel

[Joel Siegel <siegeljd...>]

I'm impressed with Judy et al's abilities to get guitars in the
passenger compartment.  At least at the airports I've been to lately, I
can't even get past security with the things, because the Powers That Be
have put little plastic "hoods" on the conveyor belts into the maw of
the x-ray machine, that "enforce" the carry-on size limit.

When did this "size limit" become a federal law, anyway?  Since when
can't you bring a musical instrument on board a plane?  I'm waiting for
the storm troopers to appear at the airport, ready to haul you off to a
small room with bright lights and a nasty death if you even harbor
*thoughts* of (gasp) bringing something over 9*14*5 (or whatever it is)
on board.  Sheesh.

It's a major Catch-22 because if you check it they make you sign a
waiver of liability for damage.  So if your guitar arrives in fifty
pieces, the airline can wash its hands of the affair.

One more reason I hate airlines.

Sign me,

Grumpy.

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