I'd rather be beat up by a redhead than lose one of my guns.
Believe me I know, gone through both.........at least once. Glad it all worked out. Not a very good way to gain grey hair though.
Faith in the Airlines returned, I just flew this weekend too, what a Circus, I went from Glynco Ga, to Jacksonville Fla at zero dark thirty. Then a three hour wait (Thanks USO), I flew to Charlotte NC, where the race was on to get from a "E" gate to a "C" gate, in all of ten minutes. Charlotte to Indy, and I was happy to see my gear had made it, so I know how you feel.
Glad you got your property back. It would suck to lose luggage, would suck 1000 times worse to lose luggage AND firearms. That's one thing that would make me very anxious. At least you got them back.
The lost luggage lady in Richmond VA with US Air is as good as it gets. She located my bag and had it delivered to where I was staying out in the sticks in Chesapeake 2 weeks ago. I am pretty much done with US Air but she was sharp. I am glad I decided to use guns on location and not bring any, I didn't need that stress.
A good lesson in why it's a bad idea to put your EDC in the control of the airlines.......especially if your EDC is your only weapon. I've done it before.....but I was nervous as heck flying into/out of DCA. With things the way they are now, I'd never go through there or to MD again for a shooting match.