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Thread: Delta Airlines - no guns in checked baggage into "Washington DC area" ?

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    Delta Airlines - no guns in checked baggage into "Washington DC area" ?

    John Farnham of DTI posted this on Facebook. Any confirmation of this ?


    Delta Airlines has just announced that passengers may not fly with guns (in checked baggage and otherwise within TSA regulations) on any of its flights into the “Washington DC area”

    This certainly includes DCA (Washington National, also called Washington Reagan), and likely includes IAD (Washington, Dulles), BWI (Baltimore), and PHL (Philadelphia), maybe others.

    Other commercial airlines, particularly American, have not yet announced, but will probably follow this trend.
    The cover-story is that this restriction will last only through next week’s inauguration, but many believe it will be permanent.

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    Saw it on the news last night.


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    United and Alaska Airlines as welll as Delta:

    https://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...fa4-story.html

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    Last edited by RJ; 01-15-2021 at 06:50 AM. Reason: Thread in GD, sorry.

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    Being DHS is trying to get bodies out there to help with the inauguration... does that mean you have to fly armed to get around it? Seems like something airline employees would go all TSA over, especially in this day/age.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Screwball View Post
    Being DHS is trying to get bodies out there to help with the inauguration... does that mean you have to fly armed to get around it? Seems like something airline employees would go all TSA over, especially in this day/age.
    I don't know why anyone would choose to check it unless they're an alcoholic that needs to down booze on the plane. It's easier to fly armed, anyway. Don't know anyone who ever chose to check their weapon, including the agents I've met who act like they're allergic to guns and generally refuse to carry unless someone makes them.
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    Motherfucker.

    I have a flight to Dulles on the 25th.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SouthNarc View Post
    Motherfucker.

    I have a flight to Dulles on the 25th.
    Looks like it's only through Jan 23, so you'd be okay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TGS View Post
    I don't know why anyone would choose to check it unless they're an alcoholic that needs to down booze on the plane. It's easier to fly armed, anyway. Don't know anyone who ever chose to check their weapon, including the agents I've met who act like they're allergic to guns and generally refuse to carry unless someone makes them.
    Must be a northern thing... but I agree with you.

    First off, nobody in management wants to give officers access to do it. It literally is a hassle every couple of months to request it. We have an officer who was a FAM prior to CBP... and they give him a hard time with it.

    I was heading home last year, pre-COVID, and put in the request since it was too far away from when we got access down in FLETC. Got the one supervisor that actually was pro-carry, and he got it squared away quickly. Being I drove back from FLETC, another officer was explaining how the local airport handles flying armed... and the swings FTO overheard it. When that officer left, I got the entire “trying to be a hero” lecture from the FTO because of it. Said to just check it and be done. I personally hate dealing with TSA, even more so being on an insulin pump. Flying armed just makes the entire trip, which I hate flying as it is, more streamlined.

    When I came back, I checked two handguns that were still in NJ that I wanted to bring back. It was such a hassle to wait for someone to escort it, explain that the guns were unloaded and locked up, and then listen to the United guy to BS with me about the whole BLM stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Screwball View Post
    Must be a northern thing... but I agree with you.

    First off, nobody in management wants to give officers access to do it. It literally is a hassle every couple of months to request it. We have an officer who was a FAM prior to CBP... and they give him a hard time with it.

    I was heading home last year, pre-COVID, and put in the request since it was too far away from when we got access down in FLETC. Got the one supervisor that actually was pro-carry, and he got it squared away quickly. Being I drove back from FLETC, another officer was explaining how the local airport handles flying armed... and the swings FTO overheard it. When that officer left, I got the entire “trying to be a hero” lecture from the FTO because of it. Said to just check it and be done. I personally hate dealing with TSA, even more so being on an insulin pump. Flying armed just makes the entire trip, which I hate flying as it is, more streamlined.

    When I came back, I checked two handguns that were still in NJ that I wanted to bring back. It was such a hassle to wait for someone to escort it, explain that the guns were unloaded and locked up, and then listen to the United guy to BS with me about the whole BLM stuff.
    It sounds like CBP is making a pretty streamlined process much more difficult than it needs to be. I haven’t heard of management having an issue with people flying armed form anyone in any other agency.
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