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the situation is really depressing,i travel every year to California and is turning into a nightmare,last year i took my acoustic guitar with me onboard,although they kept telling me i was at my own risk so i took my chance but luckily it went through ok.But now its over damn! many thanks to the war pigs who travel in their own fat jetplanes! Luis --- sonic steph <ml@dadaprod.org> wrote: > A way avoid this stress is thinking about the > ecologic impact of one of > this music trip for the earth and the other species > sharing this space > with us.. Then you may think that playing around the > world cause so much > pollution that it's not worth doing this... > You will have more time then for your family and > local gigs.. > > horrible, horrible times. > > > > 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. > > > > as for the repeaters...i never put them in the > hold. i always put them > > in my carry-on with my laptop. i think it is more > likely that i can > > find a replacement cello than replacement > repeaters!! (how weird is > > that! the cello is about 20 times more valuable) > > > > maybe one outcome of the ban on cabin baggage will > be that hold > > baggage is treated better. in any other business > such mistreatment of > > property would not be considered acceptable. but > now if people have no > > choice but to check fragile and expensive items? > the airlines > > themselves recommend that you carry on anything > valuable. > > > > i used to buy an extra seat for the cello, but > after Sept 11, > > sometimes i would be denied boarding by ignorant > staff. i started > > putting it in the hold inside a flight case and > insisted on > > gate-checking it. without fail, i would be yelled > at by TSA during > > screening. "you can't bring that through here". at > one airport they > > unpacked the cello and left it naked on a metal > table (not letting me > > anywhere near it) while crowds of people jostled > past in the security > > line. they wanted to run it this way through the > xray machine. my > > tearful entreaties had an effect and they ended up > with one person > > holding it upside down while 2 others searched > inside with > > flashlights. the endpin and bows were removed and > i was told to check > > them into my baggage. i replied they are too long > to fit in my > > suitcase, and a TSA person said "well you should > of thought of that > > before". that the cello was going in the hold and > not the cabin made > > not the slightest difference. if it wasn't so > stressful it would be > > comical. > > > > gate checking in that instance caused me to miss > my flight, so now i > > check it at the ticket desk. the flight case is > very good, but being > > so enormous, it must be hand inspected by the TSA > (leaving their > > little calling card inside). i always ask nicely > if i can be present, > > mostly to verifying that they repack if properly. > if not repacked > > exactly right, the cello might not survive the > baggage handling. on a > > recent flight the TSA closed the case, but never > strapped in the cello > > inside. amazingly, other than the soundpost > falling out and the > > bridge knocked out of place, it was fine. and if i > have a connection > > to make when coming from overseas (say london to > philly to seattle). > > because of the hand inspection, the cello never > makes it to the > > connecting flight. when possible, i always try to > get to my > > destination a day earlier, so that i have time to > wait for the poor > > cello to arrive, or get any repairs done. > > > > sometimes the stress is too much, and i think "i > can't handle this any > > more!!", but what is the alternative??? > > > > i try to remind myself, "oh but thanks to all this > inconvenience, i'm > > safer now". but, on that journey where the > inspection caused me to > > miss my flight...i realized, while waiting for the > next plane, that i > > still had my LEATHERMAN in my purse. > > > > aargh. > > > > On Aug 12, 2006, at 5:59 AM, Costas Andreou wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone. Here is a BBC article about > musicians' problems > >> because of > >> the new cabin baggage ban on planes. > >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4784225.stm?ls > >> > >> Costas Andreou > >> > >> http://www.costasandreou.com > >> contact@costasandreou.com > >> > > > > > > > > > > --No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - > Release Date: > > 11/08/2006 > > > > > > > -- > > _____________________________________________________________________ > plateforme de téléchargement libre, label autogéré, > média indépendant > ----------------------- > http://www.dadaprod.org > _____________________________________________________________________ > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com