Originally Posted by
nomii
Honestly a "power on" check should be more than enough to confirm its a real laptop.
I've had the power-on check done in the past year at several airports (Dubai, Ljubljana, Karachi, HongKong), and its not a big deal at all. That should be more than enough instead of a blanket ban.
Battery packs take up a LOT more of a notebook frame these days, the logic board isn't like an old school motherboard anymore. You can still put a battery pack in with lots less capacity and have an explosive device present - notebook would work fine but with much less time. screening the notebook better via imaging and doing explosive validation through the same machines that do secondary screening would NEAR eliminate the threat - would still be remotely possible to do.
Originally Posted by
Fitch
Over to you, sceptics ... 5000+ lives are at imminent risk: what's your next move ?
Don't you think these guys are going to move to timed vs manual - so put them in the hold? I don't for a second believe that's better no matter what "experts" are saying.