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Hey all,
Brought the HD pistol with me via Delta Airlines, Oakland to Salt Lake City.
I was expecting everything to happen according to written policies at DOJ, TSA and the Airlines web sites. However, my experience was much easier.
Lead up: I packed the unloaded pistol within a plastic hard case, padlocked. Then placed within a hard cased and locking suitcase (sat atop all our clothes).
At Oakland: Delta rep asked me how many bags to be checked. I responded (4). She then asked me to place the heaviest on the scale. I've been though this weighting many times before and just said "can I just hand them to you one by one closest first". As I was reaching for the last bag, I immediately informed the rep in this way, thought out in advance, " Within this checked luggage, I have a lawfully owned by me and unloaded and locked in approved container, firearm". She replied with " Ok, let me get you a form to sign for that to certify it is unloaded". Then she asked me to open the suit case and the moment she saw the locked hard container said "ok, great", placed my signed affidavit on top of the locked firearm box and then said I could close the main suitcase again. She placed my luggage on the belt and ask me to wait just a minute as she needed to inform the TSA. She followed the bag through a doorway and walked back just 45 seconds later with an "ok, your all good, have a nice flight".
At Salt Lake City returning to Oakland- Same lead in with the bags and same disclosure to Delta rep. Although this time (I presume because of the firearm coming into CA instead of heading out), she asked me to follow her to a TSA screening station just down from the line of check in counters. The TSA rep opened my suitcase, took 4 quick swabs from my inner 4 walls of suitcase (never touched the firearm box at all) and waved some electronic sniffing device over the items I had packed while leaving everything in place. Closed my suitcase, and said I was "good to go, have a nice flight".
In both instances however all the online rules state that the bag must be given directly to me upon claiming at baggage, however my bag showed up on the conveyor belt along with all the other luggage and no one confirmed I had picked it up personally. Not certain if I should ding for that as I suspect it could have led to delay's for my family.
And the breath of fresh air via Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks, just incredible!
Brought the HD pistol with me via Delta Airlines, Oakland to Salt Lake City.
I was expecting everything to happen according to written policies at DOJ, TSA and the Airlines web sites. However, my experience was much easier.
Lead up: I packed the unloaded pistol within a plastic hard case, padlocked. Then placed within a hard cased and locking suitcase (sat atop all our clothes).
At Oakland: Delta rep asked me how many bags to be checked. I responded (4). She then asked me to place the heaviest on the scale. I've been though this weighting many times before and just said "can I just hand them to you one by one closest first". As I was reaching for the last bag, I immediately informed the rep in this way, thought out in advance, " Within this checked luggage, I have a lawfully owned by me and unloaded and locked in approved container, firearm". She replied with " Ok, let me get you a form to sign for that to certify it is unloaded". Then she asked me to open the suit case and the moment she saw the locked hard container said "ok, great", placed my signed affidavit on top of the locked firearm box and then said I could close the main suitcase again. She placed my luggage on the belt and ask me to wait just a minute as she needed to inform the TSA. She followed the bag through a doorway and walked back just 45 seconds later with an "ok, your all good, have a nice flight".
At Salt Lake City returning to Oakland- Same lead in with the bags and same disclosure to Delta rep. Although this time (I presume because of the firearm coming into CA instead of heading out), she asked me to follow her to a TSA screening station just down from the line of check in counters. The TSA rep opened my suitcase, took 4 quick swabs from my inner 4 walls of suitcase (never touched the firearm box at all) and waved some electronic sniffing device over the items I had packed while leaving everything in place. Closed my suitcase, and said I was "good to go, have a nice flight".
In both instances however all the online rules state that the bag must be given directly to me upon claiming at baggage, however my bag showed up on the conveyor belt along with all the other luggage and no one confirmed I had picked it up personally. Not certain if I should ding for that as I suspect it could have led to delay's for my family.
And the breath of fresh air via Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks, just incredible!
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