Originally Posted by
kicker
Even a hard-case can be a disaster, and it isn't necessarily DL's fault. TSA is going to take your bike out of the box, check every nook and cranny of the box, and then attempt to put it all back together. I watched them at JFK for about 5 minutes until the very unpleasant TSA lady told me that I wasn't allowed to watch them inspect my luggage.
When I got the box back to BNA, I noticed that TSA had not put the bike box back together properly (Trico Sports Case). It was a Christmas Miracle that the bike wasn't destroyed. There was one little spot on the front fork where they removed some padding and the handlebars rubbed against it, but there's no way TSA would accept responsibility for it.
That doesnt sound right. TSA has to accept responsibility for it. They don't operate in some 3rd world country where they can just rip apart anything they want in any manner they want. This is not the D.R.