Originally Posted by
alief
exerda, I am trying to find the FAA & TSA exemption info so I can print them out - can't find them.
Would you be able/willing to post links to those exemptions?
Thanks!
Originally Posted by
dsquared37
Care to give a link to this policy? It would be quite helpful if you've already found and printed it out. But of course, even if the TSA and FAA allow it, the airlines themselves have final say.
Here's the
link to the TSA policy on photo gear.
Originally Posted by TSA.gov
You may carry one (1) bag of photographic equipment in addition to one (1) carry-on and one (1) personal item through the screening checkpoint. The additional bag must conform to your air carrier's carry-on restrictions for size and weight. Please confirm your air carrier's restrictions prior to arriving at the airport.
I haven't re-found the FAA info yet; my printout lacks the URL it came from. I'll update when I find it.
As for the airlines, yes, they can restrict things further, but IME they do not. (Other than one UA ramp agent complaining, not a single UA, US, or DL agent has ever even let out a peep to me about the extra bag the times I've had it with me.)
I suspect this is because they know they don't want any liability issues for checked camera gear, etc., which if they don't let be carried-on may come up (I know they exempt themselves from that liability, but I bet the government would have something to say if they in effect forced pax to check said gear, then denied liability for same).