I know people who do serious mods for classic arcade games. Serious mods as in: build custom PCBs for the three FPGAs needed to make an Atari 2600 generate VGA

I know people who do serious mods for classic arcade games. Serious mods as in: build custom PCBs for the three FPGAs needed to make an Atari 2600 generate VGA output. Those systems look like bombs: they're old machines bristling with wires and test equipment. Transporting them to arcade game conventions is a massive pain. You can't check them because you can't trust the airline/TSA not to destroy them. And you can't carry them on board because there is literally no way to convince TSA inspectors that you're not carrying a bomb. This seems like a very good solution. I mean, for some of these people, the choice may come down to the starter pistol idea or just not flying to conventions. Seems like a real win to me. I'm not really seeing how it is unethical. The TSA decided on the security procedures. It might be slightly inefficient, but given the massive inefficiency of the entire airport security policy, I can't imagine complaining about this. There is no reason that people with delicate electronics should be forbidden from flying on airplanes. No reason at all.