Floor pump on a plane?

[tihsepa]

I have been spending alot of time win Phoenix on business lately. I travel with my bike and come back home on some weekends. I dont check baggage just leave a suitcase in Phoenix.

Well, my floor pump broke last week. I need to take another one out there with me. Do you all think I will get away with it as carry on?

I came to the Lounge, well because.......... its the Lounge.

[10ae1203]

I don't know anything about airplanes, and even I think the answer will be no.

Buy one and ship it out there.

[paredown]

I suppose you could use it to threaten to blow something up.

[10ae1203]

I suppose you could use it to threaten to blow something up.

rep, etc.

This is why I come here. For the hot air. Yes.

[tednugent]

probably can carry-on provided your clothes bag fits under the seat...

or check your bag with pump

[JohnnyTooBad]

Don't they sell floor pumps in Phoenix?

[tihsepa]

Don't they sell floor pumps in Phoenix?

Yah, but over the years I have ended up with several and am cheap.

[Sweeney]

The answer is probably no. I had to throw a pedal wrench in the trash because they said it was over the size limit for tools

[KWL]

Yep. The carryon tool size limit is something like 6 inches. I brought some with me on a Moab trip and the TSA guy measured every ... last ... one of them. I'd say the TSA will say "no" to a floor pump just because they can.

[bigrider]

Floor pump on a plane

Is Samuel Jackson starring in this one too?

[Wallstreet]

Call up the airline is the first thing I would do.

[tihsepa]

Well, they said no at the TSA. I checked it. Then going through the line I hot the measure up. They too every tool lot and checked it, swabed it with their tester thingy, rescanned it ect........ They repoed a 8mm allen wrench because it was too long. They didnt even take a second look at the skewers though. They wernt a tool so they didnt care. I should have called my floor pump a respirator.

[drussell]

They repoed a 8mm allen wrench because it was too long. They didnt even take a second look at the skewers though. They wernt a tool so they didnt care.

Security theatre at its finest.

[danl1]

Security theatre at its finest.

They aren't paid to provide security. They are paid to follow the memo.

[67caddy]

I can see the headlines on CNN now. "Mad cyclist shows up at airport with 3 foot long pipe bomb." That is what the thing would look like when they X-rayed your bag.... Don't try taking your bong either, same result.

[LejeuneCdM]

I can see the headlines on CNN now. "Mad cyclist shows up at airport with 3 foot long pipe bomb." That is what the thing would look like when they X-rayed your bag.... Don't try taking your bong either, same result.

Is that from personal experience?