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Highlander 2012 Registration is Open! Once again, there is an opportunity to join together with your Local 1000 sisters and brothers at the Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee. Tues, May 15- Thurs, May 17, 2012 Featured presenters are Local 1000 members Si Kahn and Holly Near. Read More.

Office Staff Changes There are some changes in our office staff to announce. We bid Amanda Gookin farewell Read More.

Traveling with Instruments (A letter from Hal Ponder, AFM Director of Government Relations) Following the passage of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 658), we have been receiving many questions about the new policy and complaints that musicians are still experiencing problems at the airport. Read More.

Assistant Office Administrator Opening The Local 1000 Office has a job opening for the right person! Read More.

Membership tops 500! The Office reports that the membership in Local 1000 AFM has now topped the 500 mark! This is a goal that the Executive Board embraced many years ago Read More.

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Carrying Instruments on Airlines. The AFM reached an agreement with the TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) in 2002 which encourages airline carriers to permit instruments to be carried on board. A copy of that letter is available here. TSA Letter

NOTE: Each airline has its own policy regarding carrying instruments on airplanes and this letter will NOT trump their policy. Investing in good protective cases and using common courtesy with airline travel, while not a guarantee, go along way toward protecting the tools of our trade.