Originally Posted by
TomMM
Shouldn't be that difficult. They can just not allow devices through TSA checkpoints. No different that liquids and other banned items. This also allows for an easy device ban on domestic flights.
So, how many major European airports actually have segregated departure terminals for US/North American flights versus "other international" and Schengen Area? I know that arrivals from outside of Europe get sent through Customs while "domestic" flights don't.
At airports that don't, you'd effectively have to implement the ban at the gate...and of course, that raises the complication of carrying electronics through if you don't have to re-clear security. To be fair, a solution akin to what exists at SIN would deal with this (where everyone has to re-clear security before boarding)...but boy, would it be a pain to do that at every airport (and it would make timekeeping and connections a total nightmare).
I suspect you're realistically looking at an all-or-nothing approach on the ban: For example, are you really going to try and set up a re-screening station between Concourses D and E at ATL (and of course, what do you do with any cases where for operational reasons you get stuck with an international flight leaving from D)? Or take IAD...how in the world would you split screening between domestic and international outbound flights? Maybe you could split the checkpoints and route pax through a different screening site based on their flight, but then the "workaround" for a would-be attacker is simply to book a similarly-timed domestic flight on another airline and pass through security on that BP.