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Luke Schneider
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Nashville
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Posted 27 Sep 2011 9:05 pm |
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does anyone have any experience flying with their pack-a-seat? Has anyone ever gotten any hassle carrying their seat on board rather than checking it through?
I'm trying to plan ahead, most likely i'll be checking my D10 pedal steel and large suitcase for an overseas flight. But I also need my steeler's choice sidekick pack seat because i play with a lot of effects pedals etc. I'd like to just carry it with me if possible rather than pay to check an extra bag. I'll already be paying an overage charge for the guitar.
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 27 Sep 2011 10:02 pm
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Luke, you will not be allowed it on any UK or European airline, particularly the low cost budget ones.There is a strict 5/10 kilo limit(depending on airline), and strict dimensions, of one piece only.It has always amazed me the amount and size of baggage American carriers allow on, my personal view is that it would be a real danger in an emergency or heavy landing, those overhead lockers were never made to cope with such weight, just my opinion.
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 5:31 am
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I recall flying with all my gear from somewhere on the west coast. I'd checked my pack-a-seat (Steeler's Choice - or is it 'Steelers' Choice'?) which was loaded - as usual - with all the junk one accumulates and thinking all would be well. I was taking my Emmons as carry-on but I was horrified to hear my name called over the PA!
I had to go back to 'Security' to explain some of the stuff inside the seat - I didn't miss my flight but, despite their assurances to the contrary, my pack-a-seat did! It arrived at my home a couple of days later - I hope it enjoyed its extended vacation...
(Actually all this was only four or five years ago - the new security measures were in place and so were the restrictions on carry-on luggage. So far - touch wood - I have never had to 'check' my steel, but have always managed to get it past check-in, through security screening and all the way to the gate. At this point, I've found, they're mostly concerned with getting everyone on-board and seated, so my experience has been positive. It can be a struggle, though, heaving an Emmons D-10 up into an overhead bin while trying to make it look as though it weighs about 15 lbs!!!)
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Justin Griffith
From:
Taylor, Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 5:32 am
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Reminds me of coming back from Sweden and they kept scanning my backpack and asking what I had in there. I had already pulled my laptop and phone out but they would not let me go on. Turns out my bar and RV-3 pedal spooked them.
Funny thing they never said anything in the states. Kinda scary......
Good Luck.
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Joe Naylor
From:
Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 10:41 am only small ones
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The reason I designed the Lite seat was for that reason - it fits under an airplane seat. I had a steel player come to Phoenix and pick one up from Norway and emailed me when he got back saying it worked. He carried it on and flew home with it.
Then last year a guy bought one and flew home with it home (I think Germany)and the same story.
On the other hand I have had some of the larger ones that had to "cabin check it" - which like a stroller they checked at the door of the plane. That was a SlimLine model with a SideKar (same over height folded as a Steelers Choice.)
Those are what I have been told by customers.
Joe Naylor
www.steelseat.com
plus Road Cases and other stuff too
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Joe Naylor, Avondale, AZ (Phoenix) Announcer/Emcee owner www.steelseat.com *** OFFERING SEATS AND Effects cases with or without legs and other stuff ****** -Desert Rose Guitar S-10, Life Member of the Arizona Carport Pickers Assoc., Southwest Steel Guitar Assoc., Texas Steel Guitar Assoc., GA Steel Guitar Assoc., KS Steel Guitar Assoc. (Asleep at the Steel) tag line willed to me by a close late friend RIP |
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Thomas Cepek
From:
Berlin, Germany
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 12:50 pm
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Hi Luke !
I bought a Steeler´s Choice standard pack a seat without sidekick and without backrest in St. Louis this year and transported it without any problems to Berlin/Germany 
Kind regards... Thomas  |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 1:51 pm
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| I can't imagine doing what Roger does - my D-10's seem to gain weight even faster than I do! Lots of people seem to carry smaller S-10's and have no problem. I have put a lightweight pack-a-seat into the overhead with no problem, but it is small enough when folded up that it actually is smaller than lots of regulation carry-on luggage. That would not be so for the big fancy ones with the backs, sidecars and such. And last time I flew out of Heathrow they were limiting carry-on to one piece. Another factor is that with baggage charges the way they have become the amount of cabin baggage per flight is way up - any time I have been on a full aircraft recently it has been a pretty miserable experience. The bottom line with instruments and gear seems to be that you won't know for sure until you are sitting on the plane with your gear stowed. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 2:07 pm
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I bought a large travel bag with wheels and an extendable handle from a samsonite outlet store.
I put my pac-a-seat (no side-car or back-rest) in the end over the wheels (with a towel to cushon it), and my cloths in the other end.
Mine looks something like this:
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 28 Sep 2011 2:07 pm
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Yes Bob, if you`re not early, the overheads are full and the poor stewardesses are running around trying to find room for luggage that definitely should be checked.
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 29 Sep 2011 3:13 am
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Luke...on one occasion I was flying from London's Gatwick airport to Minneapolis with a flight change at Boston. I was flying with Northwest Orient Airways (Now taken over by Delta I believe)...the first flight was in a Jumbo 747 and the Sho-Bud pakka seat I had at the time, just fitted under the seat in front of me...brilliant. Second flight not so brilliant. It was a DC-10 ..still a big plane but the seat wouldn't fit. The Stewardess asked me to follow her into the First class area....strapped my seat in the lovely comfy first class seats...then politely told me to return to tourist class...  Return flight was ok...all the way home on a 747 
Micky Byrne U.K. |
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Danny Naccarato
From:
Burleson, Texas
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Posted 29 Sep 2011 4:31 am
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| I flew a couple of weeks ago with mine. Carried it on and stowed it in the overhead. No problems. Had my picks, strings, pedalboard, pair of socks, clean underwear, rolled up shirt and toiletries in a baggie. It's a Ray Walker Ultralite..... |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Luke Schneider
From:
Nashville
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Posted 29 Sep 2011 11:22 pm
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| thanks for all the replies. i'm thinking i might just take the pack seat to the airport sometime on a slow day and see what the folks at the American counter think. |
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