You must not fly with firearms.frankie_the_yankee wrote:Why? Because they recinded the policy after talking to the NRA?Arock wrote:One more reason NOT to fly American Airlines. Every trip on American is another dose of Aviation Aversion Therapy.
American Airlines has the WORST history of mistreating firearms owners and mis-handling firearms of any major domestic carrier.
Case in point. Wife and I flew American when we traveled to Spain to hunt Ibex. Changing flights in Miami we claimed and re-checked our firearms. On arrival at American's check-in with our bags and rifle case we were treated with disgust by the ticket agent. Although we communicated the flight we were scheduled to connect with she threw a fit at us traveling with firearms and caused us to stand at the counter for over forty-five minutes listening to her tirade against firearm owners. After requesting a supervisor, that American employee also displayed an open disdain and suggested she was going to call Customs and would cause us to miss our connection. When I told her to please go ahead and call Customs she changed her tune but continued to bluster about firearms owners. We eventually made our connecting flight but American employees made certain to make it as difficult as possible.
Oh yeah and American also has tthe WORST connections when traveling through London. The Gatwick to Heathrow overland nightmare is to be avoided at all costs. Americans's connecting logistics make you check your firearms with UK police then travel for hours only to face another set of interviews when you get there.
Besides raping DFW travelers with outrageously high fares and fighting desperately to maintain their monopoly at DFW airport, American Airlines just basically sucks.