Originally Posted by bambi47
I'm pretty sure you'll be ok. But, I have seen supervisors ask them to be checked. As long as its lightweight, I think you'll be fine.
What's the basis for asking them to be checked? As I said, this is a $600 piece of precision equipment, and I'm not about to just hand it to the airline without it being packed in something. Is this a discretionary thing? Is there any rule I can point to, i.e. "it weighs less than X pounds," or whatever?