I'm off to Reno tomorrow, and just to be safe, I called United Airlines to inquire if I would have any trouble taking my tuning kit on the airplane. The woman at United asked me what kind of tools was I planning to take on the airplane? I told her I had screwdrivers, pliers, a tuning hammer... She interrupted, "How many screwdrivers?" OK... "I have two big ones, a phillips head and a standard, and two small ones, also a phillips and a standard." I was put on hold until she could talk to a supervisor. She came back a minute or two later and said she wanted a complete list of all the tools that I wanted to take on the plane. However, if I wanted to stow the tools in my baggage, it was fine. I told her I would just take my hammer, mutes and tuning fork, and stow them in my luggage. That's all I'll really need in Reno, but what if I was taking the technical test and I needed my tools? I guess I'd just have to stow them in with the baggage. Anyone else ever experience any difficulties traveling with your tools? Never having flown anywhere with my tools before, I was just lucky that I had the sudden impulse to call the airline and check. Tom S.
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