Originally Posted by
BlakJak
TV News here tonight cited that the FAA wants to ban the use of laptops on International flights due to the potential that the batteries may explode / generate enough heat to cause other things (rubbing alcohol, dry shampoo, etc) to explode.
I went searching to see if the subject had come up on here before and found this thread.
Seems like the use of cloud services + disposable hardware is the only way to go, esp if your corporate policy is that company information & devices must always be under positive control. :|
That sounds like poorly researched journalism. The FAA is pushing the ICAO to implement a ban on checked lithium ion batteries (namely those in large electronic devices such as laptops) on the basis that it's safer than in the hold and almost everyone actually carries their laptops on anyway, so it won't really affect that many people.
At no point has there been discussion of banning use of laptops on flights (barring, obviously, taxi, take off and landing) outside of the silly large electronics ban the US government put in place and then quietly rescinded.
In fact if the FAA gets their way on the checked battery ban, it's going to be very interesting if the US government introduced another large electronics carry on ban, as it would be impossible to comply with both regulations at once.