Accounts of Flying with Firearms
How have specific airlines and airports treated people who have flown with firearms?

 
Air Travel Accounts
The follow overviews give you a basic rundown of people's experience flying with firearms on different carriers via different airports. Air carriers should, in my opinion, take responsibility for errors that their employees make and that the TSA should work much harder to standardize airport operations and train their staff in the proper handling of firearm policies and procedures. Click any of the passenger names below to read their full story...

Matt

BGR --> DFW
2021-02-20

DFW --> BGR
2021-02-22

Deviant Ollam

SEA --> DEN
2016-11-23

DEN --> SEA
2016-11-28

Deviant Ollam

PHL --> SDF
2016-09-20

SDF --> SEA
2016-09-26

Deviant Ollam

LAS --> MCO
2016-09-11

MCO --> PHL
2016-06-16

Deviant Ollam

LEX --> MSO
2016-08-27

MSO --> SFO
2017-09-07

SFO--> LAS
2016-09-09

Echo

SFO --> LAS
2016-08-02

LAS --> SFO
2016-08-06

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> SLC --> LAS
2016-07-27

LAS --> SLC --> MSO
2017-06-08

Deviant Ollam

SEA --> SLC --> PHL
2016-07-21

PHL --> SLC --> MSO
2016-07-26

Deviant Ollam

SEA --> HNL
2016-07-11

HNL --> SEA
2016-07-18

Deviant Ollam

SEA --> MSO
2016-06-21

MSO --> SLC --> PHL
2016-07-01

PHL --> SLC --> SEA
2016-07-05

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> SLC --> LAX
2016-05-27

LAX --> SJC
2016-05-30

SFO --> SLC --> MSO
2016-06-06

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> MSP
2016-05-16

MSP --> PHL
2016-05-17

PHL --> SLC --> MSO
2016-05-25

Max Power

BOS --> SEA
2016-05-06

SEA --> BOS
2016-05-09

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> SLC --> SEA
2016-05-05

SEA --> SLC --> MSO
2016-05-09

Steve I.

ABE --> ATL
2016-04-15

ATL --> ABE
2016-04-20

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> MSP --> PHL
2016-04-13

JFK --> AUS
2016-04-16

AUS --> SLC --> MSO
2016-04-23

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> MSP --> MCO
2016-04-02

MCO --> SLC --> MSO
2016-04-07

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> SLC --> MCO
2016-03-18

MCO --> SLC --> MSO
2016-03-22

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> SEA
2016-03-08

Deviant Ollam

MSO --> DEN --> LAS
2015-09-18

LAS --> ORD --> SDF
2015-09-22

SDF --> DEN --> MSO
2015-09-27

Keith

CLT --> LAS
2015-08-30

LAS --> CLT
2015-09-03

Deviant Ollam

PHL --> MCO
2015-08-31

MCO --> DEN --> MSO
2015-09-03

Keith

CLT --> MDT
2015-05-12

MDT --> CLT
2015-05-14

Deviant Ollam

PHL --> DEN --> MSO
2015-08-13

MSO --> DEN --> PHL
2015-08-25

Deviant Ollam

PHL --> IAH --> LAS
2015-08-02

LAS --> ORD --> PHL
2015-08-11

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Air Travel Ratings
If you don't have the time or the desire to read the full text of someone's account of air travel, you can simply refer to the rating shown at the conclusion of each portion of that person's journey. The following criteria are used in assigning these ratings...

Four Stars	check-in - no hassle, no delay screening - in full view, lock and unlock yourself luggage - all on time and intact
Three Stars	check-in - some delay or mild hassle screening - somewhat obscured, locking and unlocking yourself or it's done directly in front of you luggage - all on time and intact
Two Stars	check-in - major delay or major hassle screening - in a room or area that you could not enter and could barely observe luggage - luggage opened non-destructively
One Star	check-in - flight missed or passenger delayed from flying, properly packed items denied as luggage screening - luggage unlocked and opened totally in another area fully removed from you luggage - destructive entry into luggage and/or tampering with firearms
Zero Stars	This is a special category for outright theft, loss, or damage of firearms during air travel

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