I also will be in Vegas for the APA team event...JER
U.S. Airways Says YES to Carry-on Cue Sticks
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Jerry,BLACKHEARTCUES said:
Hope to see you there!! Player or Vendor?
Dom
I wantoto thank everyone for your input, Looks like I got excided a bit early on this one!!!
Looks like I may put the cues in my suitcase and carry on the case.
Thanks again for all your input !
Dom
Looks like I may put the cues in my suitcase and carry on the case.
Thanks again for all your input !
Dom
I flew to Shanghai from Dubai for a pool event a couple of years ago, naturally checking in my cue case with two cues as hold baggage. I also had an old cue which I had relegated to reserve jump cue/spare carried loose in my checked suitcase.
The cue case didn't arrive. I got it back eventually but far too late for the event. The old spare cue got some use!
The most ironic thing about the "pool cue as a weapon" aspect for me is that I got on board another much shorter flight with the same airline to go on a work assignment about three weeks later and all us business class passengers were each handed a nice wrapped "gift". When I opened mine I found that it (and the gift for the guy in the seat behind me) was a small but sturdy swiss army knife embossed with the name of the airline on the handle!!!!!!!
We drew the cabin staff's attention to the absurdity of taking away small nail files and tiny clippers from passengers in the security queue and then giving us a swiss army knife as a gift on the plane. They were horrified and it eventually turned out that this was old 'pre-paranoia about hijacks' stock which had somehow accidentally found its way back into the system
The cue case didn't arrive. I got it back eventually but far too late for the event. The old spare cue got some use!
The most ironic thing about the "pool cue as a weapon" aspect for me is that I got on board another much shorter flight with the same airline to go on a work assignment about three weeks later and all us business class passengers were each handed a nice wrapped "gift". When I opened mine I found that it (and the gift for the guy in the seat behind me) was a small but sturdy swiss army knife embossed with the name of the airline on the handle!!!!!!!
We drew the cabin staff's attention to the absurdity of taking away small nail files and tiny clippers from passengers in the security queue and then giving us a swiss army knife as a gift on the plane. They were horrified and it eventually turned out that this was old 'pre-paranoia about hijacks' stock which had somehow accidentally found its way back into the system
weapons
I've had them pull out my tip-tapper from the dish with all my change in it, look at it, and say, "guess that's ok, don't look too dangerous", then ask what it is. If I wasn't so worried about getting arrested, I'd tell em' it's a weapon you can use to crush a windpipe and leave no traces. Dumbasses.....
Almost anything can be a weapon. Ink pen's, pencils, even a credit card makes a very dangerous weapon. I got an email a long time ago from a friend with the only logical way to make a plane 99% secure from someone looking to hi-jack it. All passengers, and employees of the airline, are given a body cavity search, x-rayed, and boards the plane naked. You get your clothes back at the end of the flight as your getting to the gate. absolutely no carry-on luggage at all. But you still have an occasional passenger, who is as deadly with their hands, as most people with a gun.
When I had my pool room, I had a customer who was a recovering drug addict tell me, locks on doors and windows, are only good at keeping honest people out. Same with planes, if they want to get something on board, or hi-jack a plane, they'll find a way to do it.
Might be better to just give all passengers a tazer and instruct them how to use it. That would be much better than seeing everyone naked,{well, most of them anyways}....
JB Cases said:
I've had them pull out my tip-tapper from the dish with all my change in it, look at it, and say, "guess that's ok, don't look too dangerous", then ask what it is. If I wasn't so worried about getting arrested, I'd tell em' it's a weapon you can use to crush a windpipe and leave no traces. Dumbasses.....
Almost anything can be a weapon. Ink pen's, pencils, even a credit card makes a very dangerous weapon. I got an email a long time ago from a friend with the only logical way to make a plane 99% secure from someone looking to hi-jack it. All passengers, and employees of the airline, are given a body cavity search, x-rayed, and boards the plane naked. You get your clothes back at the end of the flight as your getting to the gate. absolutely no carry-on luggage at all. But you still have an occasional passenger, who is as deadly with their hands, as most people with a gun.
When I had my pool room, I had a customer who was a recovering drug addict tell me, locks on doors and windows, are only good at keeping honest people out. Same with planes, if they want to get something on board, or hi-jack a plane, they'll find a way to do it.
Might be better to just give all passengers a tazer and instruct them how to use it. That would be much better than seeing everyone naked,{well, most of them anyways}....
Mike the Bike
Banned
Express Mail.....
After losing two expensive custom knives to the TSA, checked baggage with TSA lock. I always overnight my Cues US Mail via
Express Mail. Never a problem. Insurance is available.
After losing two expensive custom knives to the TSA, checked baggage with TSA lock. I always overnight my Cues US Mail via
Express Mail. Never a problem. Insurance is available.
I hate airlines.
before the wonderful TSA was invented to protect the world and make the sky's safe. I used to fly all over with my cue, there was one airport that wouldnt let me take a cue and that was Oakland Ca. Their security company at the time prohibited cues, but if the AIRLINE WAS GOING TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY THEN THEY WERE COOL...so I would have to grab a ticketing agent and have them escourt me up to security and then I could walk through...isnt that just brilliant. But again that was back in the day where airports hired their own security comapnys, free enterprize now its a Govt agency and that trick wont work. Shit they probably get a bonus for stopping you with a cue.....oh yes the land of the free....God I need my own jet.
ScottR said:Yeah. Right. "Only" the TSA has keys to those locks.
Scott <<== thinks that the crooks have found a way around this simple speedbump
LoL...you're not gonna get an argument from me!! Do you honestly think I am naive enough to think that there isn't corruption inside the TSA as well?! If the government has got their finger it, it's likely fvcked up! :thud:
It's not rocket science to figure out that the TSA lock keys are universal...a small investment in your own TSA lock will open thousands of others' TSA locks too.
Lisa
Thanks for the story and it sounds like you went through quite an ordeal. I haven't flown with my cues in quite a while and if I do fly i'm going to take a S/P cue and leave my custom cues at home. I'd never check my pool cue and gamble on those people getting it where i'm going in one piece.SpiderWebComm said:
My last flight was a nightmare. I had 2 suit cases and one of them didn't make it on my flight and the other bag was damaged. My second bag showed up a day late after they discovered someone forgot to put it on the plane.
If you are going to the Riviera in Las Vegas it would be better and much safer to ship it there by Fedex and have them hold it for you if it gets there before you do. It would be worth the extra shipping cost and would certainly be cheaper than paying an extra $100 to the airline!
James
memikey said:I flew to Shanghai from Dubai for a pool event a couple of years ago, naturally checking in my cue case with two cues as hold baggage. I also had an old cue which I had relegated to reserve jump cue/spare carried loose in my checked suitcase.
The cue case didn't arrive. I got it back eventually but far too late for the event. The old spare cue got some use!
The most ironic thing about the "pool cue as a weapon" aspect for me is that I got on board another much shorter flight with the same airline to go on a work assignment about three weeks later and all us business class passengers were each handed a nice wrapped "gift". When I opened mine I found that it (and the gift for the guy in the seat behind me) was a small but sturdy swiss army knife embossed with the name of the airline on the handle!!!!!!!
We drew the cabin staff's attention to the absurdity of taking away small nail files and tiny clippers from passengers in the security queue and then giving us a swiss army knife as a gift on the plane. They were horrified and it eventually turned out that this was old 'pre-paranoia about hijacks' stock which had somehow accidentally found its way back into the system
Dude the group that gets the knifes are the ones that are suppose to retake the cockpit if need be. Its like drawing the short straw.
satman said:Might be better to just give all passengers a tazer and instruct them how to use it. That would be much better than seeing everyone naked,{well, most of them anyways}....
I'm not sure alcohol and tazers mix, on they other hand nudity and alcohol seem to go hand in hand.
And she knows how to use it too...
Especially when my wife is wielding it...
satman said:
Especially when my wife is wielding it...
Koop said:
Damn. No spear guns allowed either?!
My guess is the TSA will say NO!
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Aside from the TSA Lock i have seen a different type of lock that doesn't secure your luggage from anyone getting in but it does flag if anyone did open it. Kind of like a tip and tell on large freight packages. So you at least know if someone was in there.
Guess what
TSA locks are great, especially when the dumbazzez don't have the key readily available, and they either cut your lock or your bag. I kid you not. They will cut your bag to open it.
TSA will not allow pool cues for carry on. I travel a lot.
Going through LAX, there was trash cans full of stuff at the security gates.
The alarms were going off constantly because people bought liquid (wine, liquor, perfumes/colognes) during the flight. I asked the stewardess, "I have a connecting flight through LA, will a duty free bottle of wine be okay". Her response, "it's duty free, no problem".
I thought the security guys were singling me out. I looked up, and everyone (9 out of 10 people) was dumping there stuff in the trash cans.
Don't think about taking finger nail clippers or mustache scissors in your carry on either. Apparently, they allow 12 inch solid steel knitting needles, but finger nail clippers and mustache scissors are too dangerous.
march11934 said:
TSA locks are great, especially when the dumbazzez don't have the key readily available, and they either cut your lock or your bag. I kid you not. They will cut your bag to open it.
TSA will not allow pool cues for carry on. I travel a lot.
Going through LAX, there was trash cans full of stuff at the security gates.
The alarms were going off constantly because people bought liquid (wine, liquor, perfumes/colognes) during the flight. I asked the stewardess, "I have a connecting flight through LA, will a duty free bottle of wine be okay". Her response, "it's duty free, no problem".
I thought the security guys were singling me out. I looked up, and everyone (9 out of 10 people) was dumping there stuff in the trash cans.
Don't think about taking finger nail clippers or mustache scissors in your carry on either. Apparently, they allow 12 inch solid steel knitting needles, but finger nail clippers and mustache scissors are too dangerous.
NaturalEnglish
Banned
If you are going to use TSA locks...check out the Search Alert locks that have an indicator showing if the lock was opened by TSA. Nice when you are trying to get out of the airport quick. Check the indicator and out the door you go. If the lock has been opened....then you look inside and see if the bag was pilfered before you leave the airport. If TSA looks in the bag..they are supposed to leave a note. Yeah right.