I'd be interested to hear thoughts, observations on this, too -- I'm going to be flying to England with my daughter at the end of May, and had intended on bringing the guitar and mandolin.
During this past Christmas (12/22 through 12/28/2003) I flew from Denver, CO to Minneapolis, MN and back. I took my fiddle as a carry-on item and I had not trouble whatsover from either airport security or the flight attendents. So come on over!
BTW, How is the RM Fiddle Camp? I was thinking of trying to get into that this summer.
RMFC is great, so go for it, Tony, and btw, why the heck haven't I met you (or have I and am having a brain wave)? Which school does your daughter dance with (I teach for Heritage)? What sessions do you get out to?
I flew in and out of the US from the UK over Christmas. The return flight was during the escalated security measures in the US - flights from Paris has been grounded etc. My flight was out of Los Angeles. We experienced complete body searches and had to empty all of our hand luggage (as well as the usual XRay scan). Despite this having my mandolin as hand luggage did not cause a problem (only interest). So it seems okay. I was flying Virgin Atlantic - I can't speak for the other carriers. Enjoy your trip .......... Bob
4th Jan 2002, I was travelling to Tasmania, going over USA flying United (1/4 fare cheaper if you know how to do consolidated flights!), refuelling at JFK, where you have to get a green card just to be in the airport!!!
Well I've got me flutecase as my hand luggage and through the X ray machine it went.
At each exit there was stood a US Marine, in combat dress, some of them female, all with a serious looking weapon in full view.
I was led away to an area where I had my flute case opened, examined, asked to play asembled instruments, even had swab samples taken from my feet, while shoes were examined too, before I was allowed to join the rest of civilisation in a queue to get back onto the same plane!
I was not amused, and when I came out here for good, I decided to go the noraml way, only to find out that John Howard is so much up GWB's **** that air marshalls are now going to be travelling on Qantas flights!
I recently flew out of JFK to Shannon, then Dublin to Shannon to BWI. I carried my flute in my carry-on & was not questioned once. I was mildly intoxicated (?) when I got on the plane in Dublin, & was very upset when they made everyone get *off* the plane in Shannon & take everything with them, so they could search the plane, & we all went through customs or immigration again, or something, etc, it must have taken over an hour, maybe 2. I am an American citizen & an employee of the US government actually, but I must say they did ask a LOT of questions on the American side of things! Plus I was sober by then!
I also went to Rocky Mountain Fiddle camp this past year, I highly recommend it, ESPECIALLY for adults with little or no experience. Here's a little snippet of something I wrote:
I do have to say that is the coolest thing about RMFC, the complete commitment to encouraging learning any & all instruments & styles. They dish out as much as you can take. You could learn mandolin, bodhran, flute, whistle, dulcimer (hammer or Appalachian lap thingy), guitar, harp, banjo, cello, singing, dancing, piano, & of course.... fiddle. They had loaners of virtually every type of instrument, it was incredible, & the teachers were 100% supportive to all levels of ability. You may never even have heard of an instrument, much less laid eyes on one, & by the end of the week, you could be playing in the student recital.
If you want to read the full dirt, go to www.zinalee.com/diary/, click on Patsy, go down about 3/4 of the way down to "Why are there no banjos on Star Trek?" There's more info there than I'm sure you'll need. Grey Larsen will be teaching flute this year, fwiw.
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# Posted on January 19th 2004 by spike
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
I'd be interested to hear thoughts, observations on this, too -- I'm going to be flying to England with my daughter at the end of May, and had intended on bringing the guitar and mandolin.
# Posted on January 19th 2004 by sts
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
Flying from Paris to the United States last week, there was a fellow who had a fiddle as his carry-on, and didn't seem to have any problems with it.
The Transportation Safety Administration policies on instruments are here:
http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1235.xml
--Dave
# Posted on January 19th 2004 by Dave Weinstein
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
During this past Christmas (12/22 through 12/28/2003) I flew from Denver, CO to Minneapolis, MN and back. I took my fiddle as a carry-on item and I had not trouble whatsover from either airport security or the flight attendents. So come on over!
BTW, How is the RM Fiddle Camp? I was thinking of trying to get into that this summer.
Tony
# Posted on January 19th 2004 by tbulik
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
RMFC is great, so go for it, Tony, and btw, why the heck haven't I met you (or have I and am having a brain wave)? Which school does your daughter dance with (I teach for Heritage)? What sessions do you get out to?
Zina
# Posted on January 19th 2004 by Zina Lee
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
I flew in and out of the US from the UK over Christmas. The return flight was during the escalated security measures in the US - flights from Paris has been grounded etc. My flight was out of Los Angeles. We experienced complete body searches and had to empty all of our hand luggage (as well as the usual XRay scan). Despite this having my mandolin as hand luggage did not cause a problem (only interest). So it seems okay. I was flying Virgin Atlantic - I can't speak for the other carriers. Enjoy your trip .......... Bob
# Posted on January 19th 2004 by drbodhran
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
Hmmm....
4th Jan 2002, I was travelling to Tasmania, going over USA flying United (1/4 fare cheaper if you know how to do consolidated flights!), refuelling at JFK, where you have to get a green card just to be in the airport!!!
Well I've got me flutecase as my hand luggage and through the X ray machine it went.
At each exit there was stood a US Marine, in combat dress, some of them female, all with a serious looking weapon in full view.
I was led away to an area where I had my flute case opened, examined, asked to play asembled instruments, even had swab samples taken from my feet, while shoes were examined too, before I was allowed to join the rest of civilisation in a queue to get back onto the same plane!
I was not amused, and when I came out here for good, I decided to go the noraml way, only to find out that John Howard is so much up GWB's **** that air marshalls are now going to be travelling on Qantas flights!
Peaceful travelling to all you folks!
Brianx
# Posted on January 20th 2004 by briantheflute
Re: orange alarm and instruments on board
Hi Doris!
I recently flew out of JFK to Shannon, then Dublin to Shannon to BWI. I carried my flute in my carry-on & was not questioned once. I was mildly intoxicated (?) when I got on the plane in Dublin, & was very upset when they made everyone get *off* the plane in Shannon & take everything with them, so they could search the plane, & we all went through customs or immigration again, or something, etc, it must have taken over an hour, maybe 2. I am an American citizen & an employee of the US government actually, but I must say they did ask a LOT of questions on the American side of things! Plus I was sober by then!
I also went to Rocky Mountain Fiddle camp this past year, I highly recommend it, ESPECIALLY for adults with little or no experience. Here's a little snippet of something I wrote:
I do have to say that is the coolest thing about RMFC, the complete commitment to encouraging learning any & all instruments & styles. They dish out as much as you can take. You could learn mandolin, bodhran, flute, whistle, dulcimer (hammer or Appalachian lap thingy), guitar, harp, banjo, cello, singing, dancing, piano, & of course.... fiddle. They had loaners of virtually every type of instrument, it was incredible, & the teachers were 100% supportive to all levels of ability. You may never even have heard of an instrument, much less laid eyes on one, & by the end of the week, you could be playing in the student recital.
If you want to read the full dirt, go to www.zinalee.com/diary/, click on Patsy, go down about 3/4 of the way down to "Why are there no banjos on Star Trek?" There's more info there than I'm sure you'll need. Grey Larsen will be teaching flute this year, fwiw.
# Posted on January 20th 2004 by emily_bmore