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From: bill@persci.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music.folk
Subject: Re: re flying with instruments
Message-ID: <233@persci.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 10:30:24 EDT
Article-I.D.: persci.233
Posted: Tue Jul 16 10:30:24 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jul-85 02:34:10 EDT
References: <1252@hound.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@persci.UUCP (Bill Swan)
Organization: Personal Scientific, Woodinville WA
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Summary: 

In article <1252@hound.UUCP> ganns@hound.UUCP (R.GANNS) writes:
>[...]
>The more cynical among us speculate that baggage handlers look for a
>challenge, but at any rate, they don't seem to be able to resist an
>easy kill, and an expensive musical instrument is an simple target to
>recognize.
>[...]

On my last trip (on American Airlines, remember that!) I was afforded an
excellent view of how (American Airlines) baggage handlers treat luggage
being unloaded from the plane, while the plane I was on made a stop.
It was incredible! They rolled a conveyor up to the plane and somebody
inside the compartment started placing items on the conveyor. Several 'trucks'
gathered at the end of the conveyor, and two handlers 'sorted' the stuff as
it came off. The sorting consisted of checking the tag, and throwing (where
possible, otherwise they dragged and kicked) the luggage into one of several
piles, one by each truck. From there they were slammed into the racks on the
truck and carted to their destinations. Really abusive. I am no longer
surprised by the amount of damage that luggage sustains.

*Don't* subject a poor defenceless musical instrument to this kind of treatment.



-- 
Bill Swan 	{ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill