Quote Originally Posted by CHA-LEE View Post
I don't understand what the huge deal is. How often do you fly with a firearm AND have a connecting flight that consists of two different airline carriers? I fly 10 - 15 times a year with multiple firearms while attending competition shooting events, and I have yet to experience a situation where I had a connecting flight that is associated with a completely different airline carrier.

The thing that always blows my mind is that every single airport has a different way of handling your bag(s) with the firearms declared within them. You would think that there would be a consistent way that the Airlines or TSA handles that stuff from one airport to the next, but the process is usually unique at every airport. Not to mention the lack of knowledge in checking/declaring firearms by Airlines and TSA. There have been several instances where the ticketing agent or TSA agent was trying to mandate something stupid and I had force them to call their supervisor to come over and set them straight. The moral of this story is to know what is or isn't "right" going into it so you can call bullshit when they try to do retarded stuff.
You seriously put those 3 words in the same sentence? Just after 9/11 and flying with a C-PAP machine.... one airport says take it out of your bag, next airport says keep it in the bag... go through that same airport 3 days later, take it out of the bag.... TSA/Airlines vs. Consistency.. nope