[HANASHIR:2779] Re: Guitar travel

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

Wow!  What airline do you fly??  What airport??  Remind me to avoid it!!
Trust me - I WOULD kick up a fuss big time if anyone insisted on my checking
my guitar.

Shabbat shalom to everyone.

Judy

Joel Siegel wrote:

> 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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