TSA will require separate screenings for electronics larger than a cell phone
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#2I had to do this at DTW, I was carrying 3 laptops and 2 tablets. I also had my carry on searched because I had 12 cans of sardines which look funny in the x-ray.
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#3> In standard screening lanes, TSA agents will be stationed in front of X-ray machines to verbally assist passengers with the new screening procedures.
Is "verbally assist" a new euphemism for "yell at"?
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#4Pretty sure this has been happening for a while. The last few times I've traveled, people were told to put laptops and tablets in separate bins as well.
Makes sense... we shouldn't discriminate laptops at the security lines!
All large electronics in separate bins!
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#5I had to do this at DTW, I was carrying 3 laptops and 2 tablets. I also had my carry on searched because I had 12 cans of sardines which look funny in the x-ray.
Okay, I'll bite - why did you have 12 cans of sardines in carry on?
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#6I had to do this at DTW, I was carrying 3 laptops and 2 tablets. I also had my carry on searched because I had 12 cans of sardines which look funny in the x-ray.
Okay, I'll bite - why did you have 12 cans of sardines in carry on?
Just to mess with the agents.
I'm surprised that he didn't get required to throw them out. (They contain liquid)
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#7The people who complain about heightened security never have a better proposal. This article is pure pandering with no balanced opinion of the fact that there could be credible motivations to ask for this.
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#8Their own separate bin? I'm interpreting this to mean, electronics in their own bin, together, is fine. One bin for each laptop, tablet, phone, etc would be madness.
However, I don't think a laptop and an iPad will fit into one bin without overlapping each other.
So now we are at probably four bins per person including their carry-on bag as a "bin." This is really ridiculous and will lead to even longer, more chaotic lines.
Re: TSA will require separate screenings for electronics larger than a cell phone
#9Their own separate bin? I'm interpreting this to mean, electronics in their own bin, together, is fine. One bin for each laptop, tablet, phone, etc would be madness. However, I don't think a laptop and an iPad will fit into one bin without overlapping each other. So now we are at probably four bins per person including their carry-on bag as a "bin." This is really ridiculous and will lead to even longer, more chaotic…
As long as you don't have to stack them, and you don't have an asshole screener it should be fine. But rules are rules and some high school dropout will probably send you to the back of the line if you fail to put your iPad Mini in a bin separate from your laptop.
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#10Pretty sure this has been happening for a while. The last few times I've traveled, people were told to put laptops and tablets in separate bins as well. Makes sense... we shouldn't discriminate laptops at the security lines! All large electronics in separate bins!
The article says they've been trialing so I suppose you've been using pilot airports.