I’ve done the NH to Baltimore shuffle, because consulting down there makes the flight both faster, and less costly than driving.
Flying back a couple of years back, they “stole” lots of cans of stuff the wife bought for my birthday gift. Shrimp was confiscated, among other things, but my B+M beans were good to go.
Problem is, no flight, no work the next day, and no pay. Also, although armed at each end of the flight, you’ve got no choices at all.
But ten hours, plus tolls, on the road home, while more comfortable, is more expensive in time and money...
Like playing Army, you do what you have to do.
Last october at Seattle Int AP I was checking a shotgun and handgun. I was told to take my case into a small cubicle. There stood the TSA inspector. A black man in a turban. From Somalia, he spoke no english at all. He Picked up my pistol, looked at it as though he didn’t know what it was and then dropped it onto my 2500 dollar shotgun.
It wasn’t long before the Senior Leadership Team heard my voice. Short story, they got someone in there who knew what to do and had some respect for peoples’ property.