Seek advice from airport staff and/or look for signage for outsized baggage. Upon arrival, checked in baggage may come out on a different carousel than your normal baggage. Most sporting equipment and musical instruments can be checked in or carried on board.
Find tour dates, music and more at LauraZucker.Sometimes, you may have to carry large or heavy items with you when you fly. She has released four CDs of original songs with the latest, Life Wide Open, released in late 2013. She’s a two-time finalist in the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk competition in Texas, 2013 West Coast Songwriters Association Best Song of the Year, and has received numerous accolades and awards from the organizations around the world. The powerful imagery of her songs and stories ring so true you might think she’s read your diary – and you’ll find yourself humming her infectious melodies for days to come. Singer-songwriter Laura Zucker wins audiences over with a hard-won perspective and a positive spin. Best practice? Carry the text of the law with you, inside your guitar case so you’ll have it if you need it.Īnd then? Celebrate, guitar players around the globe!!! When you fly in the U.S, anyway, you may rest assured: your rights are secure, as is your beloved guitar. Will you still have to argue with those who don’t, well, probably. So, no more deciding as the plane fills up that your guitar takes up too much room and they’ll have to gate check it fit more suitcases in.ĭoes everyone in the aviation industry know about this law? Well, probably not. Wooooo-hoooo!!! And did you notice that the time to determine whether there’s sufficient space for your guitar is at the time you board the aircraft?!?!?! ‘‘(E) the passenger wishing to carry the instrument in the aircraft cabin has purchased an additional seat to accommodate the instrument.
‘‘(D) neither the instrument nor the case contains any object not otherwise permitted to be carried in an aircraft cabin because of a law or regulation of the United States and ‘‘(C) the instrument can be stowed in accordance with the requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage or cargo established by the Administrator ‘‘(B) the weight of the instrument, including the case or covering, does not exceed 165 pounds or the applicable weight restrictions for the aircraft ‘‘(A) the instrument is contained in a case or covered so as to avoid injury to other passengers ‘‘(2) LARGER INSTRUMENTS AS CARRY-ON BAGGAGE.-An air carrier providing air transportation shall permit a passenger to carry a musical instrument that is too large to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) in the aircraft cabin, without charging the passenger a fee in addition to the cost of the additional ticket described in subparagraph (E), if. ‘‘(B) there is space for such stowage at the time the passenger boards the aircraft.įor instruments too large to fit in an overhead or under your seat, you can bring them aboard but you do have to buy another ticket: ‘‘(A) the instrument can be stowed safely in a suitable baggage compartment in the aircraft cabin or under a passenger seat, in accordance with the requirements for carriage of carry-on baggage or cargo established by the Administrator and
‘‘(1) SMALL INSTRUMENTS AS CARRY-ON BAGGAGE.-An air carrier providing air transportation shall permit a passenger to carry a violin, guitar, or other musical instrument in the aircraft cabin, without charging the passenger a fee in addition to any standard fee that carrier may require for comparable carry-on baggage, if. (a) IN GENERAL-Subchapter I of chapter 417 is amended by adding at the end the following: In 2012, former President Barack Obama signed into law the ‘‘FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012,’’ which, along with provisions for enhancing runway safety and easing restrictions on transporting lithium batteries, contains the following text: And you’re terrified every time you have to fly, because some airlines let you, some don’t, and you’re never sure which will, which won’t, and when.
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