I live in New Jersey and went on a last minute trip to San Francisco (literally 36 hours on the ground in the city). I decided it would be fun to wear my kilt the entire trip and bring NO pants with me...so I couldn't change my mind. (Yes, I know I could always buy pants.)

I got to Newark airport about 5am for my 7am flight and started the dreaded process through security. Since I was traveling light with only a backpack - this should have been simple but it wasn't. Must also tell you that I wore my favorite kilt. It is nontraditional and does have snaps in the front as well as some decorative non-removable metal buckles on the side. Of course I didn't clear the metal dectector. They wanted me to take the metal off the kilt to which I said it wasn't possible. I had to submit to the "male assist" physical search. Fine. He started to explain the process and I said "look, if it makes it any easier - I'll just hand the kilt to you and you can run it through the x-ray" He called over to his supervisor who flat out said "no". I do understand that you cannot "see" what could be attached to a leg (like a holster for any type of weapon).

In San Francisco airport I even passed by another guy in a kilt carrying his toddler. In the city I saw lots of guys in kilts too!

Upon arriving at the airport for my return trip I was all prepared and yes it was the same search complete with the wand up the kilt between my legs. At least the security guy in San Francisco was a little more humored when I offered to take off the kilt - "Oh buddy, I don't want to find out if you're wearing nothing on under there."

Oh well - I did go through the entire weekend in my kilt but I doubt if I will ever go to the airport again in a kilt. Just not worth the hassle.

On a seriously fun note - I ran across a bachelorette party on Saturday night and they went wild because of the kilt. They all wanted photos with me and they were just about squealing about how hot they thought it was to be with a guy in a kilt. Talk about feeling like a Rock Star! The gals are going to email me some photos and hopefully I'll get them to share with everyone here. They were really polite too - they wanted to know "the" question but weren't going there...