Sure. When it's done well. I once got on a plane with a folded tv antenna as my carry on (it was aluminum and I worried it would get bent if checked) Sure it w

Sure. When it's done well. I once got on a plane with a folded tv antenna as my carry on (it was aluminum and I worried it would get bent if checked) Sure it was wrapped in luggage plastic film. But it still was a meter long tv antenna. And I clearly asked at every step. Another guy apparently accidentally went onto a plane with a loaded gun (https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-lets-loaded-guns-past-security-planes/story?id=17358872 https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-lets-loaded-guns-past-security...) And don't get me started on the security guys pretending to check backpacks at big public places.