Originally Posted by GradGirl
However, the TSA hasn't made sleeves an exception to its rule that computers must travel through the x-ray machine in a plastic bucket with nothing underneath them to pad the bumps along the conveyor belt. This is how people get their computers broken.
The easy fix there is to stand right at the top of the conveyor belt, and snag it as soon as it emerges. I've had screeners ask me to move forward a bit, and I just explain I'm waiting for my laptop, and I don't want it out of my sight. They've always let me continue to wait there.