>> "...the reason for the ban was intelligence that jihadist groups..." The reason for the ban has nothing to do with jihadists and everything to do with prote

>> "...the reason for the ban was intelligence that jihadist groups..." The reason for the ban has nothing to do with jihadists and everything to do with protecting domestic business. Emirates and Turkish Airlines were eating US flag carriers' lunch on profitable routes by offering reasonably priced service that doesn't suck. So the domestic airlines called their friends in Washington and asked them to tip the scales. You'll notice that the laptop banned routes were cash cows for the foreign airlines while being wholly unimportant to Delta, United et al. This tells you everything you need to know about the actual security impact of the laptop ban. It's just regulatory capture of the "security" agencies.