The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66879 Message #2378684
Posted By: EBarnacle
01-Jul-08 - 07:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Flying with instruments...
Subject: RE: BS: Flying with instruments...
Try this. Present a form to the check in clerk at the airport. The form will state:
Inasmuch as I have been advised that the instrument enclose in the case before me is valuable and fragile, I have temporarily set aside the policy which states that such instruments must travel as checked luggage. If I or my supervisor is unable to do so, I recognize that liability limits are not valid in this situation and, if the airline will not waive these limits, I accept personal liability in the event of damage to said instrument.
If you make it look official enough, you might actually get what you want.