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Offline willndmb

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gear and airlines
« on: July 13, 2005, 01:12:28 PM »
not sure if this is the right place
but has anyone taken their gear on a plane post 9/11?
do you carry it on or pack it up?
if you carried it on has there been much trouble getting through security?
what about stands
thanks
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2005, 01:13:42 PM »
Use the search function. This discussion has been had many times.  ;)
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2005, 01:14:44 PM »
i have flown so many times after 911.  and i never had a problem. 
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2005, 01:22:40 PM »
Quote from: BornAgainTaper on July 13, 2005, 01:13:42 PM
Use the search function. This discussion has been had many times.  ;)
i did
and most that came up were people saying i booked a flight
i am flying here
i didn't come up with much about the gear itself
but i will go back and search some different keywords

thanks jmerin
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2005, 01:25:22 PM »
carry your rig on, be friendly and explain to them that you are a professional audio technician and that you have a bag full of pro audio gear... do this before your bag even goes through the xray machine.

one piece of advice, never refer to a battery as a battery, call it a power supply instead... TSA people freak out about batteries

this may even be in the archive and if it's not it should be, it seems like someone asks this question every couple of months
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2005, 01:25:36 PM »
this is on page one, 4th link in the archive - a treasure trove of info.

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=36124.0
« Last Edit: July 13, 2005, 01:27:13 PM by keepongoin' »
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2005, 01:50:11 PM »
thanks guys
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2005, 01:54:30 PM »
This thread will help.  Our Archive can answer a ton of questions.

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=36124.0
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2005, 02:09:36 PM »
search turns up all kinds of QOTSA links when you use TSA as one of the keywords but it did return the following which was the earliest thread I could find on the subject:

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=13306.0
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2005, 02:16:42 PM »
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2005, 02:51:06 PM »
nice work gentleman
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2005, 05:00:34 PM »
I've also found that striking up a conversation immediately w/ the person that is checking your bad is a huge help.  I usually start w/ the "how are you" then get the "wow this is really heavy" remark.  I then follow that up w/ "yeah, it's pro audio gear, I do location sound recording, mostly concerts...I fly w/ this all the time so I'm getting really used to getting searched"...etc.  Next thing you know they're so interested in what you do and think you are a friendly person.  A couple of swipes w/ the explosive residue tester and I'm through.  Ironically I think it's gotten BETTER post 9/11.  The TSA folks seem more educated on what is and isn't allowed.  I've had them question the batteries much more before 9/11 than after. 


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oh, and smaller airports are ALWAYS worse than larger ones in my experience.
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2005, 05:17:17 PM »
Quote from: mhibbs on July 13, 2005, 05:00:34 PM


oh, and smaller airports are ALWAYS worse than larger ones in my experience.

IME, it depends on the nature of the city where the airport is located.

so far

Long holdups, swipe everything in bag, re-x-ray some things on their own:

Boston Logan Airport
PDX

Brief holdups (swipe a few things, let me through):

Chicago, Ohare
Oakland, CA
Boise, ID

No holdups:

SFO
DIA
MEM
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2005, 05:37:34 PM »
Quote from: keepongoin' on July 13, 2005, 05:17:17 PM
Quote from: mhibbs on July 13, 2005, 05:00:34 PM


oh, and smaller airports are ALWAYS worse than larger ones in my experience.

IME, it depends on the nature of the city where the airport is located.

so far

Long holdups, swipe everything in bag, re-x-ray some things on their own:

Boston Logan Airport
PDX

Brief holdups (swipe a few things, let me through):

Chicago, Ohare
Oakland, CA
Boise, ID

No holdups:

SFO
DIA
MEM

No holdups:

Fort Lauderdale FL
Syracuse NY
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Re: gear and airlines
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2005, 05:39:59 PM »
Quote from: mhibbs on July 13, 2005, 05:00:34 PM
oh, and smaller airports are ALWAYS worse than larger ones in my experience.

i've had that experience too.  my worst one was lafayette, la on a work trip.  wow :)

i usually pull out the sla and the m148 into a separate bin (like with a laptop).  they always do the explosive wipe and i'm on my way.

now when gina and i are together and we got a guide pup, taping gear, my computer, her computer, her video camera and camera gear  ... that makes for a long trip through security :)  
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