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Posted by whiskers on Apr-07-2002 20:02:

question about flying

this friday i'm gonna be flying from providence to nashville!
so i was wondering, how anal are they usually at the airports about music stuff?

caz i got my cd player, my big-ass dj headphones, and a 32-CD case. will they let me carry those into a plane, or should i just forget about it?

also: will they try to disassemble any of my stuff to see if i have tried to hide a bomb or some shit like that in there? caz i remember last year a guy was VERY suspicious about my tiny headphone plugs.

Posted by Andrew K on Apr-07-2002 20:15:

I think you won't have any probs...
I remember when I got my first MK2 from the UK and I took it with me IN the cabin cause I was afraid to send it with the luggage... And when we changed plane at athens it wouldn't fit in the box above your head so I had to carry it on my legs...
...memories

Posted by harcourt on Apr-08-2002 05:00:

Travelling is not that big a deal. They will not harass you, you don't have to show up hours before. It's not what they've made it out to be. The worst is a pat down and make you turn any electronic equipment ON to proove it actually functions.

Have travelled many a times through US airports since Sept 11. No problems at all with headphones, mp3 players, laptop computers, cell phones.

Posted by Tony Morello on Apr-08-2002 05:33:

you shouldn't have any probs...
i just flew last month and i didn't have any probs with my vinyl, cds, laptop, mp3 player, and all the rest of my shit i brought with me on the plane

Posted by Vinylgroovah on Apr-08-2002 07:37:

Hey, i just flew from d.c to florida for Ultra. You can bring cd player with you in your hand dude. dont worry about that. Juss stick it in your bag that your gonna carry on with you, cuz u can usually bring 2 bags with you. (if its a very small plane, u can only bring 1 bag) B4 entering the plane, every airport has a person dat pulls random people out from the line to get into the plane to do a check. They will check insides your bags mainly for drugz. They wont mess with your cd player, at most they mite ask you to take the batteries out. Which i highly doubt. You are good , dont worry, u just gotta wait till the plane has gone up a certain height in the air b4 u can turn your music on. They will inform u of all that.

Posted by whiskers on Apr-08-2002 11:00:

thanks everyone, you give me hope! i can relax now!

Posted by evil_bastard on Apr-08-2002 12:06:

While we're on the subject...

I've never flown in an airline before (I've jumped out of more planes than I've landed in ) and I'm serious about going to Berlin for the love parade this year...

what policy do airlines have on transporting vast quantities of alcohol (for example if we were to cram 50-100 cans/bottles) in your non-hand luggage?

Do they care? It's just it'll be a struggle to afford this holiday as it is, and I'm not too keen on paying Berlin's prices! (espescially given I can get 15 bottles of Stella for �9 down the road).

Anyone?

Posted by Spad on Apr-08-2002 12:44:

Why don't you just put them with the rest of your luggage mate? You wont be able to use them on the plane anyway.

Posted by skattrd on Apr-08-2002 14:01:

Off topic a bit

quote:
Originally posted by evil_bastard
It's just it'll be a struggle to afford this holiday as it is, and I'm not too keen on paying Berlin's prices! (espescially given I can get 15 bottles of Stella for �9 down the road).

wtf?? takin beer to germany?? thats like takin coals to Newcastle....

I haven't been to Germany for a few yrs, but I think beer will be cheaper than that from off-licence/bottle-shop type things (or petrol stn.) in Germany, it was alot cheaper over there last time I was there. Any Germans wanna tell us price of beer over there......

Posted by Vinylgroovah on Apr-08-2002 20:55:

quote:
Why don't you just put them with the rest of your luggage mate? You wont be able to use them on the plane anyway.

wtf are u talkin about? Yes, you can listen to them on the plane once the plane reaches a certain level in height after take off, you can listen to cdplayer or even use your laptop.

Posted by ExOn on Apr-08-2002 21:00:

The thing you can't do is call home on yo cell phone! <---Ghetto!!
If you do that the radiosignals can make the plane crash!

Posted by evil_bastard on Apr-09-2002 01:50:

Skattrd, I live in the North East of England. They virtually give away beer up here.

Newcastle has nightclubs that do 10p a bottle and 20p a pint, and all you can drink deals for �8.

I don't think you'll get much cheaper than that, and that's the clubs...

I do want to try out some German beers, but for saving money, I need to take a lot with me.

So is it OK to take alcohol with you so long as it's not your hand luggage? Cos I've heard they can be a bit iffy about certain items. Some of the laws they have are really weird.

Posted by ali92 on Apr-09-2002 03:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Vinylgroovah

wtf are u talkin about? Yes, you can listen to them on the plane once the plane reaches a certain level in height after take off, you can listen to cdplayer or even use your laptop.

I always hear about this but, I NEVER knew WHY do you have to wait until the plane is at a certain height before turning on the CD player? What kind of interference happens if this isn't done and the player is "accidentally" turned on a few seconds early?

Posted by whiskers on Apr-09-2002 03:21:

quote:
Originally posted by ali92
I always hear about this but, I NEVER knew WHY do you have to wait until the plane is at a certain height before turning on the CD player? What kind of interference happens if this isn't done and the player is "accidentally" turned on a few seconds early?

OMG, that means i almost crashed a plane last year!!! i put in my earbuds and turned on my cd-player BEFORE the plane was in the air... i don't think they told us not to do that. however, they told us to shut down everything when we were landing. and with all this sept 11 plane business i was just wondering if they changed their policies. thank god, not. i wanna listen to me trance when i'm 10,000 feet up in the air

Posted by Alccode on Apr-09-2002 04:41:

ROFL!!!

No, no, no!

See, this is a common misinterpretation within the general public, but especially with flight attendants. I find the fear of the exploding television screens to be particularly hilarious.

The bottom line is that any electronic devices that might interfere with radio communications between the airplane and the control tower, or the navigational systems, must be turned off. So that's pretty much cell phones or any other high-powered radio device. Actually, many people claim they know what's bad to leave on during takeoff/landing, but an equal amount of people can testify otherwise.

If you listen to your CD or MD player while takeoff/landing, it won't do a damn thing. If you watch your DVD on your fancy-pants little DVD player, it won't a damn thing. Not even your laptop. That's ridiculous. It's like saying that jumping up and down on a bridge will cause it to collapse. If you try to dial up to your satellite ISP, though, then that's a problem.

Ignorant flight attendants who parade up and down the rows, tearing headphones off of innocents are just that - ignorant. They're merely slaves - and propagators - of the fear that anything that requries electricity must be turned off during takeoff or landing.

That's not to say that if a flight attendant tells you to turn off your CD player you should laugh at them and tell them to screw off. After all, it's their plane, not yours, and you don't want to be causing any trouble for yourself. Plane tickets aren't cheap. Just throw them a nice smile and/or shake your head, while you stop that Trance CD for 15 minutes or so until they say it's "safe."

It takes a lot more to crash a plane than putting on Tiesto.

Posted by drizzt81 on Apr-09-2002 05:48:

Re: question about flying

quote:
Originally posted by TiestoInTheMix
this friday i'm gonna be flying from providence to nashville!
so i was wondering, how anal are they usually at the airports about music stuff?

caz i got my cd player, my big-ass dj headphones, and a 32-CD case. will they let me carry those into a plane, or should i just forget about it?

also: will they try to disassemble any of my stuff to see if i have tried to hide a bomb or some shit like that in there? caz i remember last year a guy was VERY suspicious about my tiny headphone plugs.

inside the US they do not care, unless you happen to have like 200 CR's with the nice -fake- label WinXP...

internationally, I got bitched at -once- for having a hdd.. told them it was my college work and everything was all set -lucky that they did not check the hdd (40GB of mp3 )

Posted by Xavier on Apr-09-2002 12:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Alccode

That's not to say that if a flight attendant tells you to turn off your CD player you should laugh at them and tell them to screw off. After all, it's their plane, not yours, and you don't want to be causing any trouble for yourself. Plane tickets aren't cheap. Just throw them a nice smile and/or shake your head, while you stop that Trance CD for 15 minutes or so until they say it's "safe."

It takes a lot more to crash a plane than putting on Tiesto.

What are the flight attendants going to do. Throw you off the plane?

Posted by Fraggle on Apr-09-2002 13:02:

hehhe...on the topic of flying...

http://www.airtoons.com/

!!!

Posted by whiskers on Apr-09-2002 13:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Fraggle
hehhe...on the topic of flying...

http://www.airtoons.com/

!!!

LMAO!!!!

Posted by Alccode on Apr-10-2002 02:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Xavier

What are the flight attendants going to do. Throw you off the plane?

LOL, no I didn't mean it in that way. But with all this uproar over terrorism and what not, who knows haha!