I thought I would share with everyone my experience of flying while kilted.
We, my family and I, were returning from Salt Lake City, Utah to our home in San Angelo, Texas yesterday, Saturday, June 21, 2008. We had been up to visit family and while there we attended The Utah Scottish Association Highland Games & Scottish Festival. I decided to fly home kilted.

I wore my Sport Kilt "The Works" in Fraser Hunting, my kilt belt made by CavScout, and my SWK NightStalker leather sporran. With the metal buckles on the kilt, I knew there would be "issues" at security, but I would just take it all in stride.



When we arrived at the airport and began to go through the security checkpoint, I removed my belt and sporran and placed them in the bin for x-ray. As I approached the metal detector, I told the TSA officer "I know I'm going to set it off". He smiled and as I walked through directed me to the area for "wanding". I found the wanding experience quite funny, as it appeared that the TSA officer didn't quite know how to deal with a man not wearing pants. He was very polite and explained everything he was going to do. I've been wanded before and have never experienced this level of politeness.

During our flight one of the stewardesses stopped and asked about the kilt. I explained that I was of Scottish heritage and the kilt was in my clan tartan. I also told her that I wear one whenever I get the chance. When we changed planes, another stewardess asked if I was going to a Highland games. I told her that I was just returnign from one.

The most interesting comment was after we arrived in Midland, Texas, our final destination. We had all stopped to use the restrooms and my wife told me she overheard some woman comment "It's not every day you see a man wearing a kilt in Midland."

I would fly kilted again, but I think I would wear a kilt without any buckles to avoid the extra screening when going through security.