Please Remove Laptops from Cases…
July 5, 2008 by Jean Mercedes
Filed under Business
The recent announcement from TSA and major laptop bag companies like Targus sounds promising: a new “checkpoint friendly” laptop case which will zip us through airport security without removing the laptop from the bag.
The goal: build a bag with no fasteners or pockets (too much clutter) which impede the X-ray equipment. If TSA can fully see the laptop, it can stay in the bag.
In theory, it sounds great. But I personally will wait to see the bags in practice before I plunk down $100 or more for a new bag.
I see two potential problems with security friendly bags. (Btw, when did “security” get a name change? Does “Checkpoint” sound less threatening?)
Problem 1: The new bags sound like they will be more like a protective sleeve than like a real bag. If I can’t add my power cord plus other odds and ends into the laptop bag, it is only half a bag.
Problem 2: The new bags will not get any official certification from TSA. If the new kids working at the “checkpoint” don’t know how checkpoint friendly my bag is, they may force me to take the laptop out nonetheless. Afterall, how will they enforce a rule that only some have to take their laptops out?
For more info, check out USAToday.
Now, what do they have in the works for feet? Taking shoes off in the airport is ludicrous.
Image from jpdo.gov
