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In reply to the discussion: US may add airports to electronics ban [View all]Baconator
(1,459 posts)It costs billions to the government and to the individual...
Millions of hours of lost productivity...
Theft, loss, damage of the computers and the data on them...
Retraining and implementation for yet another piece of kabuki theater costs all of as well.
All because someone somewhere stuffed some C4 in a battery.
A downed plane would be nice but what they really enjoy is making us dance like idiots and blowing all of our money.
Also, I can't believe you think the change would be temporary. How long have you been taking off your shoes?
Stop playing their game...
Edit : Just remember that you aren't safe now either. Look up the success rates when the TSA is tested. Want to blow up a plane? Have a group of 2 or 3 in different cities and odds are you'll get most through.
Group of 10? Even more so...
You aren't safe now and you won't be if my laptop is in the cargo hold either.