Originally Posted by
artemis
Why not offer passengers a choice: either pay a large fee and show up at the airport earlier if you wish your large devices to be carried on, or check them for free. The person with a cheap Chromebook would probably opt to check it; the photographer carrying $20,000 of camera equipment or the business traveler with highly sensitive information on his laptop will gladly pay the fee in order not to be separated from his gear. Everyone wins.
Originally Posted by
NickP 1K
It wouldn't at all be shocking if the 3rd party airport security add on's like CLEAR position themselves to screen electronics properly outside the standard limits. I'm sure this current admin is looking at what "industry" can do to screen vs TSA. Would be a logistical nightmare as where do you screen those devices, how do you know they aren't tampered from the time they are screened to going through normal TSA, etc, etc.
Yeah there is no room for separate queues in a lot of airports.
But if they do farm it out to another company, it'll be costly to get them up and started. Plus the third party company will have to get big liability insurance, if they're charging people and they screw up and let an actual bomb through.
Plus how would it work in other countries? Will there always be companies willing to ramp up such a massive operation?
I think if they did this, it would have to be the TSA and counterpart agencies in other countries. They'd have to hire more people, train them up, get more equipment, etc. Airports may have to reconfigure terminals to have separate lines for device checks.