This makes me cringe.
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That’s The Horrible Sound Of My Vintage Guitar Jammed In Delta’s Service Elevator
Nooooooo!
Musician Dave Schneider of hockey-themed rock band The Zambonis and Hanukkah-themed band The LeeVees usually carries his guitar on when flying to a gig. You know, so baggage handlers don’t get their paws on it, he can keep an eye on it, and did I mention the part where he doesn’t trust baggage handlers with expensive musical instruments?
Yet stubborn gate agents at Delta in Buffalo, N.Y. wouldn’t let him snuggle with his guitar. They ma…
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On a college pep band trip (1986 WAC basketball tournament in Albuquerque, NM, IIRC) we witnessed (from inside the plane) our instruments cases being angrily thrown onto the conveyor belt by an obviously unhappy airline employee. I am extremely reluctant to ever check a valuable and fragile item with an airline, because somewhere along the line it is going to be handled by a person who just doesn't give a damn.
Yup. I never check anything I couldn't afford to lose to breakage, theft, or loss.
It's a bit more difficult with musical instruments, as in this case.
A cellist I knew preferred to drive because they didn't trust their instrument to others handling it. (Incidentally, their day job? Pilot.)
Reminds me of “United Breaks Guitars” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo). Clearly, it’s not a problem with just one airline.
Yes, the incident reminded me of that, too.