Originally Posted by
mahohmei
According to the TSA's website, iPads do _not_ have to be removed from bags, and may pass through the X-ray in a bag. If a TSO demands the iPad out, either because they're an idiot, they think it's a laptop/bomb, they want a closer look at it, or they simply want to steal it, what would be the best course of action? Should I bring a printout from the TSA's website?
I'm no TSA fan but I do know this part of their website--it says netbooks and iPads don't
have to be removed but that you may be
asked to take it out if they can't determine what it is. Link
here.
I never take my netbook out. I'd say about 50-60% of the time I'm asked to remove it from my backpack, usually by a clueless TSA person asking who left the laptop in their bag. I always tell them it's not a laptop, it's a netbook and I always remove it then.
The point isn't to be an ..., the point is to keep my property safe from sticky fingers.