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Yeah... no. I've had a laptop stolen out of checked-in luggage together with other valuables. Seems like the US really doesn't want to be visited by anybody any
by nhaehnle 9y ago
Yeah... no. I've had a laptop stolen out of checked-in luggage together with other valuables. Seems like the US really doesn't want to be visited by anybody anymore.
- mavdi 9y agoI was forced to put my laptop in luggage. It was shattered to pieces on arrival.
- petecox 9y agoSounds like a business opportunity. Airport A: Declare laptop at pre-checkin where security declares it 'not a bomb' and seals it in a rugged case that only authorised officers can unlock. Receive baggage token. Airport B: Take token to collection counter and retrieve laptop.
- tajen 9y agoIn other words: You pay the airline to transport luggage, then another company for them not to break/irradiate/magnetize/flood things inside your luggage. I'm still at the age where changing the world seems more appealing, but I bet by my sixties I'll start such a business.
- imron 9y agoWhat they want is to be able to scan/image your hard drive. Not every passenger, but as you've mentioned, it's trivial for people to get at the contents of your luggage and for TSA agents with the keys to your TSA luggage locks it's even easier still. If this ban is ever extended I will likely never consider flying to the states. I can only hope it doesn't infect the rest of the airline industry like the water and liquid theatre did.
- tajen 9y agoAww man, if only an airline could target the "no-bullshit" niche... Minimal screening, come on board with water and even soap and knifes if you need to, just be aware that the liability of the company for murder/piracy is 100k. But of course the major problem is the TSA, not the airline.
- solidsnack9000 9y agoLiability would have to be hundreds of millions.