From: Andrew G. Malis (amalis_at_mail.com)
Date: Thu Oct 18 2001 - 06:25:13 EDT
Having just traveled, the new rules at security checkpoints are that you
need to remove your laptop from its bag and x-ray it separately from the
bag - presumably to make it easier to x-ray the bag's other contents. But
they're not asking you to turn it on. I can't count the number of times my
T20 has been x-rayed, with no ill effects, so don't worry about that aspect.
Only one or two airlines are prohibiting laptops as carry-ons. I believe
Airtran is one of them.
Also, be prepared to show your ID at the baggage check counter, at
security, and again when boarding the plane.
Cheers,
Andy
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At 10/17/2001 05:03 PM -0600, Steve Hultquist wrote:
>'Course, how difficult is it to have an image of the Windows boot-up show up
>on a screen attached to something that isn't a computer at all?
>
>Now, if we had to bring up Excel and calculate a polynomial.... ;-)
>
>ssh
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee Laniear [mailto:laniear_at_attglobal.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:22 PM
>To: Joe Seisdedos
>Cc: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
>Subject: Re: RE: Air Travel with Laptops
>
>
>I have a ThinkPad (701C - now retired) which has been through the X-ray units
>at least two hundred times
>between '97 and last year without any problem. Back in '96 the security
>people used to make people
>carrying laptops turn them on to show that they worked but that practice
>faded with customer complaints (as I
>suspect the new procedures will also - unfortunately). A friend had a laptop
>with a dead battery so it wouldn't
>turn on. He explained the problem pointing to the battery. The security
>person nodded him through! The
>"dead battery" could have been anything.
>
>Lee
>
>
>On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 07:43:24 +1000, Joe Seisdedos wrote:
>
> >When I recently travelled to the US, I saw many people carry laptops on
> >as hand luggage. However, whilst this practice is still allowed, the
> >downside is that you will invariably be held up for at least 15 minutes
> >while they pore over your laptop, turn it on, take it apart, etc.
> >
> >Also, I heard something about not putting your laptop through xray
> >machines...?
> >
> >Joe.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kwik, Ed " <ed.kwik_at_delphiauto.com>
> >Date: Thursday, October 18, 2001 5:34 am
> >Subject: RE: Air Travel with Laptops
> >
> >> Funny. We just got a corporate notice NOT to check our company
> >> laptops when
> >> flying. Seems like too many are being damaged. We must carry on our
> >> laptops and check all the rest of our baggage.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: jberry_at_islandnet.com [mailto:jberry_at_islandnet.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:03 PM
> >> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> >> Subject: Air Travel with Laptops
> >>
> >> What is happening these days? I heard a rumour that you
> >> couldn't take a laptop on board any more, it had to be part of
> >> checked luggage.
> >>
> >> If so, that might be another reason to carry an out-of-date
> >> laptop. When they trash your luggage, you lose a less valuable
> >> family member. Or are they handling luggage more carefully
> >> now?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> cheers
> >> Jonathan Berry
> >> http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
> >>
> >
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>laniear_at_attglobal.net OR
>laniear_at_alum.mit.edu
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