IPads out now?
Aug 17, 2012, 11:30 am
#16
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+1. I've never been asked to take my iPad (or Kindle before that) out of my laptop bag. Most of the airports I've been through this year (EWR, PHL, SFO, AUS) only say 'laptops out', never mentioning tablets specifically. But I've never been pulled for a bag check.
Aug 17, 2012, 11:37 am
#17
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The more BS they are looiking for the less real threats the will find.
Aug 17, 2012, 2:45 pm
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Because it can disappear on you, especially if you go through the BSKX machines. You can't see your stuff from those scanners.
Aug 17, 2012, 2:46 pm
#19
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Perhaps they received a hot tip about iPADS being packed
with explosives. <shrug>
The last several times I have flown TSA have expressed no
interest at all in my CPAP machine when there was a time it
had to be extracted and go through the swab test.
It has got to the point I leave the machine in the bag rather
than extract it. I'm sure a time will come when I will be yelled
at for leaving it in the bag when they switch up their
protocols again.
with explosives. <shrug>
The last several times I have flown TSA have expressed no
interest at all in my CPAP machine when there was a time it
had to be extracted and go through the swab test.
It has got to the point I leave the machine in the bag rather
than extract it. I'm sure a time will come when I will be yelled
at for leaving it in the bag when they switch up their
protocols again.
Aug 17, 2012, 4:30 pm
#20
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According to The TSA Blog, tablets can stay in the bag.
This is also the subject of this USA Today article.
This is also the subject of this USA Today article.
Aug 17, 2012, 4:42 pm
#21
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Separating iPads or other tablet devices from carry-on are not required but recommended. Reduces the chance of having their bag de-cluttered then to repack it. That's why I see most remove their tablet devices anyway, which I don't mind.
Every so often, I get asked about iPads/tablets/e-readers after asking passengers to remove laptops... smh.
Every so often, I get asked about iPads/tablets/e-readers after asking passengers to remove laptops... smh.
Aug 17, 2012, 5:07 pm
#22
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I've had no issues keeping my ipad in my bag at ORD, LGA, EWR, RIC, SLC, TPA, BOS, DFW, and TVC this year. Not once have I witnessed passengers being instructed to remove tablets.
Aug 17, 2012, 7:45 pm
#23
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I have trouble hearing their directives so I can't always say that they haven't said to remove it. That being said, mine remains locked in my bag and I have yet to have issue with it or a secondary screening to remove it.
Aug 17, 2012, 9:36 pm
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Never had to pull the tablets out. Just laptops. Several times I've asked just out of curiosity, and the answer has always been the same. Tablets, like phones, can remain in bags.
Aug 17, 2012, 11:08 pm
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Aug 18, 2012, 5:51 am
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That's what I often see missing from these discussions. There's a great difference depending on what else is in the bag. It's one thing if the iPad is the only piece of electronics there, but if it's one of many, removing it will make the rest easier to see. That being said, I've never had a problem with it and had only one bag check, which I think was just an inexperienced TSO.
Aug 18, 2012, 4:58 pm
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Aug 18, 2012, 5:09 pm
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I have two tablets and a laptop and never once have i taken the tablets out, even the one that has a keyboard dock and the size of a netbook.
Aug 19, 2012, 9:53 pm
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70 segments minimum for the last 5 years, never once have I had to remove iPad or 7" Acer Iconia Android. I'd tell them to pound sand.