airline travel, post 9/11

[Don]

Hi,

I have had no problems with checking my tools--I make a selection to narrow
the numbers of them required and have checked them inside a regular
suitcase for years. I have travelled since 9/11 in this manner and there
were no problems. I was flying thru aiports where baggage is routinely xrayed.

At 10:56 AM 2/8/02 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/8/02 9:22:50 AM Central Standard Time,
>pianos@traverse.net writes: 
> 
> 
>Does anyone check their tools through as baggage (assuming equipment 
>like Accu-Tuners are allowed to pass through airports that x-ray 
>luggage) and if so, what type of case or carrying compartment do you 
>  Has anyone's tools ever been lost/stolen/damaged after being 
>checked through this way? 
> 
>Thanks for your help. 
> 
>Rolf von Walthausen 
> 
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> 
>Rolf 
> 
>I would like to suggest you contact the airlines, and/or the airports
>through which you will be flying, and get explicit instructions on how to
>do this. 
> 
>Thanks for bringing this up, because I will be doing the same in April when
>I go to Rochester, MN for the CW Regional. One idea I had was to send my
>tools via UPS. But this will require having to do without them for a week.  
> 
>Wim