{"id":1272,"date":"2013-09-22T22:18:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T21:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2013-09-22T22:58:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T21:58:45","slug":"airlines-please-stop-treating-instruments-like-luggage-if-you-make-us-check-in-the-instruments-make-sure-that-is-handled-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=1272","title":{"rendered":"Airlines: Please stop treating instruments like luggage. If you make us check in the instruments, make sure that is handled properly."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just adding my voice again &#8211; <em>signed<\/em>!\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/airlines-please-stop-treating-instruments-like-luggage-if-you-make-us-check-in-the-instruments-make-sure-that-is-handle-properly?fb_action_ids=10151567165021199&amp;fb_action_types=change-org%3Arecruit&amp;fb_ref=__rayAVOVNXj&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A170485509810542%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22change-org%3Arecruit%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22__rayAVOVNXj%22%7D\">Sign the petition at Change.org<br \/>\n<\/a>Petition by\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/users\/63395916\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rene Izquierdo\" alt=\"Rene Izquierdo\" src=\"http:\/\/change-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/3\/ku\/je\/mJKUjETSFDUhvIw-44x44-cropped.jpg?1379809091\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/users\/63395916\">Rene Izquierdo<\/a>\u00a0Milwaukee, WI, Taiwan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hk.apple.nextmedia.com\/realtime\/news\/20130923\/51749797?fb_action_ids=10153275437585571&amp;fb_action_types=og.likes&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210153275437585571%22%3A518251638251478%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210153275437585571%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%5B%5D\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/airlines-please-stop-treating-instruments-like-luggage-if-you-make-us-check-in-the-instruments-make-sure-that-is-handle-properly?fb_action_ids=10151567165021199&amp;fb_action_types=change-org%3Arecruit&amp;fb_ref=__rayAVOVNXj&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A170485509810542%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22change-org%3Arecruit%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22__rayAVOVNXj%22%7D\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/76808_719165194763838_993360259_n.jpg\" width=\"748\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.apple.nextmedia.com\/images\/e-paper\/20130922\/large\/1379860703_0b4f.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/airlines-please-stop-treating-instruments-like-luggage-if-you-make-us-check-in-the-instruments-make-sure-that-is-handle-properly?fb_action_ids=10151567165021199&amp;fb_action_types=change-org%3Arecruit&amp;fb_ref=__rayAVOVNXj&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A170485509810542%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22change-org%3Arecruit%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22__rayAVOVNXj%22%7D\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/change-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/7\/ql\/fv\/FCQlfVvtmpJbEAZ-556x313-noPad.jpg?1379809117\" width=\"556\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/airlines-please-stop-treating-instruments-like-luggage-if-you-make-us-check-in-the-instruments-make-sure-that-is-handle-properly?fb_action_ids=10151567165021199&amp;fb_action_types=change-org%3Arecruit&amp;fb_ref=__rayAVOVNXj&amp;fb_source=other_multiline&amp;action_object_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A170485509810542%7D&amp;action_type_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22change-org%3Arecruit%22%7D&amp;action_ref_map=%7B%2210151567165021199%22%3A%22__rayAVOVNXj%22%7D\">A<\/a>lso see <a title=\"Congress Passes Bill Standardizing Airline Rules for Musical Instrument Storage\" href=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/?p=807\">here<\/a>\u00a0(Congress bill on airline handling), and\u00a0<a title=\"More Airline stories and some positive recommendations!\" href=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/?p=968\">here<\/a> (airline stories)!<br \/>\n<strong>Case recommendations<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/accordcase.com\" target=\"_blank\">Accord<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; lightweight but expensive<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.karuracase.com\" target=\"_blank\">Karura<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; still light, but a better price than the Accord<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caltoncases.co.uk\/acoustic.html\" target=\"_blank\">Calton<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; have always been strong, but heavy &#8211; new developments mean a lighter case<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiscoxcases.com\/guitar_hiscox.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Hiscox<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a lower cost alternative &#8211; make sure to get the flight case<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pegasus-cases.com\/guitar\/class.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pegasus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the slim version might get your guitar on the plane, but padding is minimal<br \/>\nA canvas or cloth cover can make the case appear to be a soft one, which might increase your chances of getting it on board (paradoxically).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just adding my voice again &#8211; signed!\u00a0Sign the petition at Change.org Petition by\u00a0Rene Izquierdo\u00a0Milwaukee, WI, Taiwan Also see here\u00a0(Congress bill on airline handling), and\u00a0here (airline stories)! Case recommendations Accord\u00a0&#8211; lightweight but expensive Karura\u00a0&#8211; still light, but a better price than &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=1272\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,41],"tags":[285,286,360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/247767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}