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khodges -> RE: traveling with transmitter (5/9/2008 8:37:39 PM)
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I got curious, so I e-mailed TSA and asked them. Not surprisingly, I got this non-commital response:
My question: "I fly radio control airplanes and wondered if it is allowable to take an R/C transmitter, in a case, as a carry-on item? These are typically expensive and delicate items that it would be preferred not to send in checked baggage. Are there any restrictions, and if so, what are they?"
TSA response: "The TSA's current security screening procedures require all carry-on luggage and accessible property be screened before passengers take them on board an aircraft. Regardless of whether an item is on the permitted or prohibited list, the Transportation Security Officers have the discretion to prohibit the individual from carrying an item through the screening checkpoint or on board an aircraft if the item poses a security threat.
"Therefore, TSA security screening personnel make the final decision on whether to permit items like this into the sterile area of the airport."
Which all is to simply say, they might or might not let you take it, depending on who the screener is and how bad they were pi**ed off by the person in front of you.
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