I had read awhile back, a couple of months or so ago, that TSA was looking into having major bag companies redesign their laptop cases. Has anyone heard of an update to this? The new bags are supposed to allow you to keep your laptop in its case while being screaned. Are there any of this style on the market now? Thanks!
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9363 posts
I haven't heard about this, but I'm wondering how a bag could be redesigned to allow this, and why the TSA would care. It doesn't seem to be a huge problem to remove a laptop from a bag.
Posted by
New York City, NY, USA
5678 posts
TSA would care because it would speed up the lines. I travel for business and it takes time to remove that PC and then to put it back in. It may not seem by much, multiply it by nearly every traveler. I bet you gain 30-60 seconds per passenger. How many passengers with computers pass through LaGuardia every day? I'll believe this when I see it in action though. ; )
Pam
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9363 posts
I guess you're right, Pamela. I was just thinking that since people should know they need to be removed they'd just approach security with them already out. But I guess most people wouldn't think that way.
Posted by
Ottawa, Canada
4555 posts
When would a case not be a case? If the computer is inside something (including a knapsack), the TSA wants it out. I can't see how any "redesign" of a computer case would remove that imperative.
Posted by
Freedonia
15109 posts
The case would be designed so that the computer would show up separately from anything else in the bag while going through the xray machine--especially other electronics or wires.
Posted by
Ottawa, Canada
4555 posts
Here's the latest on the computer bag issue from the NYT. It seems there will be no TSA certification, so security officers will just have to guess which ones are X-ray clear and which are not. Imagine a TSA agent faced with having to decide which case is, and which isn't....or simply saying to everyone, "take it out of the case." Take a guess as to what they're going to do. See http://tinyurl.com/65x7uz