Originally Posted by
catocony
Agreed. I think that would be considered a cognitive burden, from a TSA perspective.
Originally Posted by
Rare
I haven’t heard them say that, but on more than one occasion when they have said “laptops must come out” and I instead unzip my backpack so that the laptop compartment folds out, they say something like “oh, you have one of those.” I didn’t think such backpacks were that rare anymore.
I've been wondering about that. I'm an infrequent flier, so I have few opportunities to observe checkpoint goings-on, but I had always suspected that TSA would simply wave a paw and say "Bah!"* when someone tried to push a so-called TSA-friendly bag through without removing their laptop.
Does the bag need to go into a bin, or can it be placed directly on the belt?
* Obscure Dilbert reference