Flying in a kilt

[Snowbear]

I don't know about a UK (since I only wear tartan), but if you wear a tartan kilt you might want to think trough a small thing: I flew from Scotland, via London and to Norway two weeks ago. As usual I did wear my kiltpin. In Scotland it was fine, in london I had to wait for them to telephone their boss to approve I was wearing it because of the sharp ende, treathning object, etc. Back in Norway I can't even fly with it attached to my kilt. So be a little carefull when wearing a pin, and have a backup plan in case they stop you.

Otherwise, flying with kilts are a very plesant experience.

[BruceK]

I'm having Rocky make a 5-yard wool kilt for me but with velcro instead of buckles. Without the buckles I figure the kilt won't set off the metal detectors.

[Smayniac]

Seems to me with the new devices they were testing in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago, it wouldn't matter what sort of nonthreatening metal was on your kilt because it actually maps what you are wearing. They had a little signboard at the head of the line showing us what the screener could see, so we'd know they weren't getting any cheap thrills.

Bob

[kilted in seattle]

These were the standard old WTMD (Walk Through Metal Detectors as they are called in the business). However, it'd be nice to have the ones that can tell the difference between a bunch of snaps on a UK and a true threat.

The procedure for screening a man in a kilt is identical to screening a woman similarly attired. In theory, all the male screeners know it but haven't done it since training.

Now I'm wondering how my USA Kilt would do. Less metal on the buckles than the multitude of snaps on my UK.

I don't wear kilt pins although I do wear my branch insignia (Field Artillery) from time to time on my USA Kilt. Probably not an issue.

One of the things I thought was really cool was the woman who complimented me on the kilt in front of her son (about 10 y.o). That's a good message to the boy.