Airline Travel w/ Kilt Pin

**davedove** · 12th February 06, 03:10 PM

Just take it off and check it. There are enough hassles with travel these days without adding another possible one.

**646guy** · 12th February 06, 03:55 PM

I'd rather not take the risk and would rather check it than run the risk that some grouse of an agent would get pissy over a "guy in a skirt" and would deem the item as something against security. Then again, if you give it to a woman to wear through and then get it back from her afterwards maybe it would be okay...

**Robin** · 12th February 06, 04:16 PM

"Uhh...but, but...we have a battle to fight across the pond tomorrow...and we will behave like good boys during the flight"

**Graham** · 13th February 06, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Robin

"Uhh...but, but...we have a battle to fight across the pond tomorrow...and we will behave like good boys during the flight"

Robin, you may have trouble getting all that gear through security, just maybe.....:-D

**mbhandy** · 13th February 06, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by Graham

Robin, you may have trouble getting all that gear through security, just maybe.....:-D

Now Graham,

That gear would be no problem, but bring a nail file and they might cavity search you. (Monty Python, Keystone Cops chase thru the airport.)

MrBill

**Graham** · 13th February 06, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by mbhandy

Now Graham,

That gear would be no problem, but bring a nail file and they might cavity search you. (Monty Python, Keystone Cops chase thru the airport.)

MrBill

Only in America, only in America

**GlassMan** · 13th February 06, 11:23 PM

Last April I flew to San Francisco and back for a wedding and was kilted both times. On the flight from DC to San Franciso didn't have a problem at all.

But when I went through security at San Francisco the guy started to give me a hard time about my sword shaped kilt pin. Now, he was having to do a special search on me anyway because I was in a wheel chair (the distances in an airport are just too much for my bad leg to handle) and he'd already patted down my kilt and had to help me with my leg. So he starts to ponder outloud if someone might mistake my kilt pin for a weapon or if it would be possible for me to threaten someone with it. Thankfully a supervisor was in earshot when I said "You really think a cripple who can't walk on his own is going to try something on a plane? I can't even get to the bathroom without help from the stewardess." The supervisor walked over, saw the tiny kilt pin and my shriveled up bad leg and told the screener to send me through and stop bothering me. Her rational was that the kilt pin was (a) jewelry and (b) too short anyway.