Re: Cabin baggage ban hits musicians

[Todd Howell <ransacker@earthlink.net>]

Having handled packages for UPS and also delivered for them, it has been 
my observation that your packages are no more or less safe than in the 
hold of a commercial airliner. Despite my best efforts, packages 
oftentimes rolled and shifted, sat in the cold for ridiculous amounts of 
time, etc. etc........ My campadres at Fed Ex tell me of similar stories, 
especially in the winter, around holidays and the like. 

I have checked alot of guitars through baggage before, including an 
Alvarez acoustic that was in a gig bag that I had to put in the hold. It 
not only survived the flight ( Toronto-Oslo-Stockholm) but was relatively 
in tune when I got it out of the case when arriving. Weird. I guess that I 
have been very lucky in that regard.

Todd

-----Original Message-----
>From: Todd Pafford <calenlas@gmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 13, 2006 12:23 AM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: Cabin baggage ban hits musicians
>
>Amazingly, none of these jack asses seem to realize or care that this
>cello is worth more than most luxury cars or that it's your livelyhood
>they're screwing around with.  Ultimately, it's probably safer and
>easier to ship your gear FedEx or UPS.  I can't imagine checking my
>guitar into the hold, flight case or not.  Just the thought of some
>baboon opening up and man-handling....er....inspecting her gives me
>the willies, then hoping they repack her correctly.  Forget it.
>
>Todd
>
>On 8/12/06, Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com> wrote:
>> traveling for a musician was already a nightmare, and now it is
>> worse. i worry more about flying with the cello than i do about the
>> performance on the other end.
>