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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue May 30, 2017, 12:59 PM May 2017

U.S. tells EU: No laptop ban

Source: Politico



By CATHY BUYCK 05/30/2017 12:47 PM EDT

The U.S. today opted not to introduce a ban on bringing laptops into the cabins of flights to the U.S. from Europe, sources told POLITICO.

“No ban,” a Commission official said. “Both sides have agreed to intensify technical talks and try to find a common solution.”

The decision was made during a conference call Tuesday afternoon between U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and European Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc.

The U.S Department of Homeland Security would not reveal the content of the conversation between U.S. and EU officials.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/30/united-states-no-laptop-ban-238939

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Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
1. This is just another way...
Tue May 30, 2017, 01:06 PM
May 2017

To have some government contractor sell billions of dollars worth of new scanners that will 'detect laptop bombs ' to airports.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. I take it if a law were passed to not be allowed to take on laptops
Tue May 30, 2017, 01:14 PM
May 2017

that these shitheads would be exempt as I have a feeling that more than half of them need to take on their laptops for work like most of the lowlife ( the rest of us in their eyes ) do also.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
4. Well damn
Tue May 30, 2017, 01:15 PM
May 2017

ain't that big of them?

Sooooo, if a business trip is stationed in the US and the attendees aren't allowed to bring their computers, how can business get done?

Initech

(99,915 posts)
5. Once the TSA's insane rules start affecting businesses they'll listen.
Tue May 30, 2017, 01:18 PM
May 2017

Business travel is over 1/2 the airline market, if business travelers can't use laptops on planes, they're screwed. Of course you know some sleazebag company will come along and try to sell laptop detecting scanners.

Eugene

(61,595 posts)
7. U.S. says expanding laptop ban 'still on the table'
Tue May 30, 2017, 03:55 PM
May 2017

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Tue May 30, 2017 | 2:20pm EDT

U.S. says expanding laptop ban 'still on the table'

By David Shepardson | WASHINGTON

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was still considering an expansion of a ban on laptops and other large electronics in airline cabins after Secretary John Kelly spoke to European officials on Tuesday, a department spokesman said.

The spokesman, David Lapan, confirmed that Kelly spoke to European Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc on Tuesday and told them that while no expansion was announced Tuesday that it "is still on the table."

Lapan said both sides agreed on the need to improve "aviation security globally, including through a range of potential seen and unseen enhancements."

Lapan said that "Secretary Kelly affirmed he will implement any and all measures necessary to secure commercial aircraft flying to the United States – including prohibiting large electronic devices from the passenger cabin – if the intelligence and threat level warrant it."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-idUSKBN18Q23O

cstanleytech

(26,082 posts)
8. Solution might be to require 3 to 4 hour check in before a flight so that
Tue May 30, 2017, 03:58 PM
May 2017

a laptop can be physically examined before it's cleared to travel in a cabin otherwise it has to be checked in and securely stored on board in a secured area in the cargo hold.

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