Hi, Last year when I went for my RPT exams I flew to the US with my tool case, it had to go as baggage. Brian Lawson, RPT Johannesburg, South Africa http://www.lawsonic.co.za TEXOMA CHAPTER http://www.texomachapter.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:28 AM Subject: traveling with tuning tools > 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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