not that it's pertinent to this thread maybe, however I've flown often with acoustic guitars a lot. I'm a fairly frequent flier and 100% of the time travel looong distances by air typically every flight I take is well over 1000 mile flights back and forth (2000 miles in total). I travel from hot humid Chicago (low elevation) to high (in elevation) and dry El Paso. I have a Gator hardshell case that has never failed me in protecting my guitars. I tend to do the basics for protections before hand which is detune my guitar to release tension and trust the case to do the rest.
I've always checked in the case in as baggage. I have leave it unlocked because they always check the inside of the case. TSA has been pretty good at not damaging or messing with it when they're inspecting. Baggage handlers as well have for the most part gotten it back to me safe and sound with no one really manhandling it. I always check it in because it speeds up my check-in and it leaves less to carry around the cabin.
All that traveling hasn't made a diff on the neck or the body of the guitar, nothing I can tell. Tuning stays the same in both climates as well. I believe if you get a good enough case and properly pre-care your item you should get it anywhere safely.
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