>>>I've had much better luck carrying my cello around on my back, though.
>>> Hong Meiling, I'm not.
>>
>>I would be incredibly paranoid about carrying around something so
>>expensive but also fragile on my back. Or anywhere else, really, but
>>especially on my back.
>>
>
>Friend of mine is a fairly serious cellist who has taken them - yes,
>plural! because I don't know sane people - on aircraft before.
>Apparently the best way to manage this is to buy your cello a seat.

I did in fact do that myself once, on the way out to college for the first time. Expensive. There are also extremely heavy-duty cases designed for shipping, but they're almost as pricey as a cello. Well, as expensive as my cello, anyway.

dbrandon