Monopod on Airplanes in Travel Posted January 27, 2005 I've traveled all over the US carrying a monopod and/or a tripod on board as cabin baggage without problems. Checked with TSA and their e-mail response was that those are not prohibited items. Have asked several TSA inspectors at the airport how they see monopods and tripods and they say that if the person is obviously a photographer (i.e., carrying other camera equipment) that goes into their decision. Have also been to Europe three times with monopod/tripod with no problems boarding at Athens, Paris (CDG) and Amsterdam. Security at Paris did deny a trekking pole, (I took it on as cabin baggage at Atlanta and was changing terminals in Paris) but it had a relatively sharp tip and I had to take it back to the Air France counter and check it. Also have taken aboard a computer cable lock which has a fairly narrow wire (not unlike the violin string someone described above) and the inspector said it was OK becuase I was carrying a laptop and other computer equipment. What seems to be consistent is TSA's inconsistency.
Monopod on Airplanes
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I've traveled all over the US carrying a monopod and/or a tripod on board as cabin
baggage without problems. Checked with TSA and their e-mail response was that those
are not prohibited items. Have asked several TSA inspectors at the airport how they see
monopods and tripods and they say that if the person is obviously a photographer (i.e.,
carrying other camera equipment) that goes into their decision. Have also been to Europe
three times with monopod/tripod with no problems boarding at Athens, Paris (CDG) and
Amsterdam. Security at Paris did deny a trekking pole, (I took it on as cabin baggage at
Atlanta and was changing terminals in Paris) but it had a relatively sharp tip and I had to
take it back to the Air France counter and check it. Also have taken aboard a computer
cable lock which has a fairly narrow wire (not unlike the violin string someone described
above) and the inspector said it was OK becuase I was carrying a laptop and other
computer equipment. What seems to be consistent is TSA's inconsistency.