My take would be a bit different. I would not travel with any acoustic guitar expected to ALWAYS be able to carry it aboard. (Except may a Backpacker or Vagabond sized instrument.) So being able to check it, in its hard case, is a must. The thing about a graphite guitar is that it will easily stand up to the kind of cased abuse that would destroy other guitars. Like being dropped a few feet on its tail without smashing the body, or falling over flat without cracking the headstock.
With a good wood acoustic guitar I would always be fearful when checking a guitar - even in a Calton case.
Put another way, if Dave Carroll had been traveling with a Rainsong or CA, I don't think he would had needed to write his "United Breaks Guitars" song!
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