stupid airlines

[dyeforever]

today i flew home for arizona to hawaii. and when i got home i found out my tank was stolen from TSA. WTF! stupid TSA's. y the hell did they take it. i told the baggage claimer that there was a paintball marker in the suitcase. i should of told they i had a tank in the suitcase. but still it says paintball tank on it. WTF. now i got no tank

[Swampy]

file for it.

[txaggie08]

Did the tank have a reg on it? if you left the reg on it, YOUR the one who caused the issue by violating FEDERAL staute. There are good reasons not to let people with selaed steel tanks on planes.....they make wonderful bombs.

[PumpMag]

travel rules for tanks

The only tanks allowed on airlines are those with removable regulators.

Ever since 9/11, air travel security has gotten really strict.

Long ago before the electro scene in paintball I got to bring my CO2 tank and marker to Hawaii. But that was pre-9/11 when mags were only mech and the twin towers still stood.

If you checked somewhere on the web before you flew, you could have prevented that.

Next time you should ship it via FedEx separately - (completely empty of course) to the event, hotel, or someone you trust.

Bummer, at least now you know what to ask From Santa this X-mas.......

[dyeforever]

i didnt have trouble when i took it to honolulu. yeah i was thinkin they thought it was a bomb. u have to remove the reg from the bottle? i thought only certified techs could mess with that.

[PumpMag]

I think SP has one

The only one with a removable reg that I know of is by SP.

[Triangle]

The only one with a removable reg that I know of is by SP.

Just bring it to your local airsmith.
At the event, have one of the guys there put it back on.

[txaggie08]

SHip the tank, dont try to "get a buddy to do it". Stupid idea that will get you or someone else hurt.

nearl 5k psi is not funny to play with.

[robnix]

SHip the tank, dont try to "get a buddy to do it". Stupid idea that will get you or someone else hurt.

nearl 5k psi is not funny to play with.

Agreed, always just ship your gear if you can. Not only do you NOT have to deal with TSA, but you can insure it for it's proper value as well.

[MoeMag]

Paintball tanks are only allowed on aircraft as carry on baggage. In that case when you reach the security check point, the "inspectors" have to be able to visually see inside the tank.
If it is in your checked baggage... yeah.

BTW... not the airlines TSA. Southwest is my life, we hate TSA too.

huh new info and pics...

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1745.shtm

[Rudz]

yup. pretty well known throught the paintball community..well now you know..tanks cant have regs on planes..and have a tech do it..dont ever try to do it yourself..

[Lohman446]

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/compressed_gas.shtm

Moes right, and it is pretty common knowledge in paintball circles. So, unfortunately, its not the stupid TSA in this case.

[bentothejam1n]

darn tsa for trying to prevent terrorism!!

[evildead420]

check this out

this happen to me when I had to fly back from Kona to SF, (my family lives in Kona and i used to for 7 years)

but check this out, this was before the statue/rule came out. I flew from SFO to KOA(kona) direct w/ my mag, spyder, tank -- reg still on, etc. vaction time, no problems

2 weeks later i had to go home. i check everything in,. they call me to the front when i was waiting to get on the plane, they told me they couldnt allow the tank on the flight, and im like wtf? i had no problem when i flew from SF to kona 2 weeks ago with everything, they were like, whoa, they messed up, they told me to take the reg off so they can look inside the tank but im like, its empty and i dont have tools, this was my vacation. they here tripping over the fact that the tank said that it "could be hazardist" disclaimer thingy. so i had to leave the tank in kona, never to see it again

anyway, i call TSA about it and they said there working on the issue, then alittle bit later, they make the statue about air reg. tanks and sort. boy i was mad at the whole situation at first but i can understand to this point of time. funny though it went totally fine from SF to Kona

oh yea, dont play paintball at volcano national park, its cursed

[don miguel]

dangit, only SP tanks have removeable regs? crap, im not going to fly to oklahoma dday. i'll just go to castle conquest, it's closer.