Originally Posted by
staehpj1
TSA will be more likely to tear everything apart. I consider them a bigger risk than the baggage handlers, since all of the bike damage I have had was due to them.
+1. We caught a very early flight back from Portland after CO this year. Lot's of people checking bikes. When we brought our bike boxes to the 300 lb. (literally) TSA gorilla who looked like he had had a late night was in the process of forcing someone else's bike box lid closed, repeatedly forcing it down until he was able to secure the straps.