Tuesday, August 05, 2008

TSA to Allow Laptops to Stay in Approved Bags

If you're planning on buying a laptop bag in the near future, you may want to wait a little bit. TSA to allow laptops to stay in approved bags.

"There's a new option for people annoyed at having to take their laptops out of their bags at airport security. The Transportation Security Administration will now allow travelers to leave their computers inside "checkpoint friendly" cases."

"TSA said it reached out to bag manufacturers this year to design laptop cases that would provide a clear, unobstructed image of the computer as it passed through an X-ray machine. The agency said the new bags will be available for purchase this month."

2 comments:

Megs said...

Interesting - when I flew Air Canada out of London Heathrow, at security I did not have to take my laptop out of my bag and it's about 6 years old. No one did. This was Terminal 3 for all international departures.

It's the inconsistency of the shoe removal rules that annoy me!

Howard said...

The inconsistency is deliberate, supposedly to keep the bad guys guessing.