Have you traveled by air with firearms? If you'd like to see your account published here, just send an email to deviant@deviating.net Background Details 1. Your Name - We can accept nicknames, initials, or just your first name if you'd like to remain a bit private. 2. Your Itinerary - Takeoff and Landing cities are the main question here. Airport codes are more helpful than city names (and are more respectful of your privacy... we only care about air travel, not where you spent the 4th of July or which family you visited for Thanksgiving.) 3. Your Airline(s) - On which carrier(s) was your flight booked? 4. Luggage and Locks - What kind of uggage did you use when flying with firearms? Tell us about how the firearms were locked? Screening & Departure 5. What Interaction did you Have with TSA? i. Direct Interation - You stood right near a TSA screening station where your firearms were cleared. ii. Indirect Interation- You weren't speaking directly to the TSA but they knew you were in the next room or through a curtiain and gave you positive confirmation when things were cleared. iii. No Interaction- Your luggage was somewhere else entirely when being scanned, and you were only released to your boarding gate when an airline staff member spoke to the TSA on the phone or by going to the back room to check on the status of your firearms. iv. Zero Confirmation - Your luggage was sent somewhere else entirely and you were simply told to "wait 10 or 15 minutes, then go." No one from the airline could provide you with positive confirmation that your firearms had cleared the TSA. 6. Called Back to the Desk? - Were you later (unexpectedly) called back to the airline desk by a PA announcement or a phone call? What happened? Luggage Arrival 7. Luggage Arrival - Three simple bullet points regarding your firearms' arrival at your destination... i. On Time? Did your luggage make the flight and arrive promptly at the claim area? (Even if it made your flight, was it slow to appear at the claim?) ii. Where Did it Arrive? Did your firearms come out on the regular carousel, at an oversize bag zone, or did you have to pick them up at the Baggage Service Office? iii. Extra Steps? Did you have to show ID to get your firearms? Did the airline do anything silly like apply zip ties to your luggage? Final Details 8. Final Thoughts? - Anything else you care to add? Were your cases or locks or firearms damaged in any way? Anything you'll do different next time you fly with them?

