Flying in a kilt

[kilted in seattle]

I'm always amazed to hear about people getting through the metal detectors in a Utilikit. I never get through the detectors without setting them off. The Utilikilt sets it off, the two buckles on my box pleat kilt from Matt set it off and the three buckles on a traditional kilt seem to signal the presence of weapons of mass destruction. When I go to Texas to spend Thanksgiving with my Daughter I plan to wear my Bear Kilt with velcro instead of buckles and my belt is a nylon police type duty belt with a plastic buckle. I'll put everything metal in my sporran and send it through the x-ray. I expect the detector to still go off. I must just have too much Iron in my blood. If it weren't for the challenge of the thing I'd just give up and resign myself to getting wanded, that's always great entertainment for the agents who like to manuever their buddies into having to search "the guy in the skirt".

As for comfort and being able to get seated without embarasing myself or creating an incident I think the Utilikilt is the best choice for flying.

Jamie

I flew out of PDX and Savannah. Same results both places.

I was cautious enough to ensure there was no other metal on my body. No watch, ring, nothing in any of my pockets.

I've never actually bothered to find out how those things actually work, but my guess would be the metal moving through the magnetic field alters the strength of the field. The faster you move, the more you will alter the strength of the field. Try moving slower.

Ultimately though, I figured if I did get wanded, it was a few minutes out of my life and that was it.