Carrying flight gear on the airlines

I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my flight
gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is there anything
that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't finish their Christmas
shopping with all my gear? I'd hate to be told, "nope, you can't take this
GPS, or this handheld radio". "Hmmm...bubba sure gonna like these
presents...". ; - )

Any help would be appreciated.

Pete

"Peter MacPherson" wrote in message
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I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my flight
gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is there anything
that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't finish their Christmas
shopping with all my gear? I'd hate to be told, "nope, you can't take this
GPS, or this handheld radio". "Hmmm...bubba sure gonna like these
presents...". ; - )

Any help would be appreciated.

Pete


Based on the recent news stories about TSA folks stealing from luggage and
the fact one in five has a criminal record you might want to consider FEDEX.

"Peter MacPherson" wrote in message
newseAnd.55139$V41.15028@attbi_s52...
I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my flight
gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is there anything
that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't finish their Christmas
shopping with all my gear?

My advice would be to ship via UPS, FedEx, Airborne Express, or whoever you
like best anything you would rather see again at the other end.

It's funny...before 9/11, I thought that airline travel couldn't get any
worse. How wrong I was...

Peter,
If I every stop working for an airplane . I will stop using commercial
airports. The line a Dulles is usually over an hour long. I get to use
the employee line. It is the only thing that makes traveling tolerable.
Michelle

Peter Duniho wrote:

"Peter MacPherson" wrote in message
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I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my flight
gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is there anything
that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't finish their Christmas
shopping with all my gear?



My advice would be to ship via UPS, FedEx, Airborne Express, or whoever you
like best anything you would rather see again at the other end.

It's funny...before 9/11, I thought that airline travel couldn't get any
worse. How wrong I was...





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Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P

"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

Hi Peter,

Peter MacPherson wrote:
I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my
flight gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is
there anything that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't finish
their Christmas shopping with all my gear? I'd hate to be told,
"nope, you can't take this GPS, or this handheld radio".
"Hmmm...bubba sure gonna like these presents...". ; - )

Any help would be appreciated.

grow a mustache and tell them "I'm gonna need these later during the
flight..."

regards,
Friedrich

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Hi Peter,

I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my
flight gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is
there anything that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't
finish
their Christmas shopping with all my gear? I'd hate to be told,
"nope, you can't take this GPS, or this handheld radio".
"Hmmm...bubba sure gonna like these presents...". ; - )

Any help would be appreciated.

grow a mustache and tell them "I'm gonna need these later during the
flight..."

to add a serious comment: As long as you take out any batteries I can't
imagine any security risk. As to the risk of theft from checked luggage
I cannot comment. I never had anything stolen from checked-in luggage.
But even if - wouldn't that be insured up to a certain value?

regards,
Friedrich

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"Friedrich Ostertag" wrote in message
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to add a serious comment: As long as you take out any batteries I can't
imagine any security risk.

Of course there would be no REAL security risk. But that's not what TSA is
looking for. They are confiscating anything with a *perceived* security
risk, and using pretty ****-poor "perception" to make that determination.

"Friedrich Ostertag" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my
flight gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is
there anything that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't
finish
their Christmas shopping with all my gear? I'd hate to be told,
"nope, you can't take this GPS, or this handheld radio".
"Hmmm...bubba sure gonna like these presents...". ; - )

Any help would be appreciated.

grow a mustache and tell them "I'm gonna need these later during the
flight..."

to add a serious comment: As long as you take out any batteries I can't
imagine any security risk. As to the risk of theft from checked luggage
I cannot comment. I never had anything stolen from checked-in luggage.
But even if - wouldn't that be insured up to a certain value?

The airlines pay next to nothing for lost luggage. An entire lost suitcase
is around $100.


regards,
Friedrich

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for personal email please remove "entfernen" from my adress

We flew out of Ontario Ca. and had no problem. The flight was changed so
they did a full search and when they found my Garmin 296 the girl didnt know
what it was so the supervisor had to approve it. I hooked it up for the
fight from Salt Lake to South Dakota and we hit 657 mph.
All in all it wasnt bad. I think they see a lot of pilots and there gear.
"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
news

"Friedrich Ostertag" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

I'm helping a friend move his plane down to Florida for the winter
and will be flying back on the airlines. Since I'll be bringing my
flight gear(headset, handheld radio, GPS, flight bag, etc..), is
there anything that I should avoid bringing so the TSA doesn't
finish
their Christmas shopping with all my gear? I'd hate to be told,
"nope, you can't take this GPS, or this handheld radio".
"Hmmm...bubba sure gonna like these presents...". ; - )

Any help would be appreciated.

grow a mustache and tell them "I'm gonna need these later during the
flight..."

to add a serious comment: As long as you take out any batteries I can't
imagine any security risk. As to the risk of theft from checked luggage
I cannot comment. I never had anything stolen from checked-in luggage.
But even if - wouldn't that be insured up to a certain value?

The airlines pay next to nothing for lost luggage. An entire lost
suitcase
is around $100.


regards,
Friedrich

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for personal email please remove "entfernen" from my adress

Are you talking here about cabin baggade?

Must be a bad joke!