I'm concerned about this no batteries policy. Does this mean loose regular consumer electronic batteries, or does it apply to laptops as well?
Laptop batteries are often very expensive and I'd hate to have one confiscated on a whim.
Hell, I'd hate to lose any of my stuff on a whim. I can't afford to replace any of it, not now at least.

Does this mean we geeks need to think about mailing our tools to our destination
ahead of time?
What are peoples experiences so far with things like laptops, PDAs, and the assorted bits that go with them like PCMCIA cards, power bricks, cables,portable CDROM drives and the like?

It's not possible for me to fly and leave these things at home. When I travel for work, I'm expected to show up with them and/or other things my client(s) need.

Thoughts, observations?

JD