Oh my God-I'm sitting here thanking my lucky stars I don't have any trips coming up, period, until this mess sorts itself out. I have no $&#*@)$ idea what kind of battery is in my laptop or cellphone or how to pull them out, never mind put them back in & get it to work again if they must be 'inspected' (I am the bane of my IT depts existence & have been for many years, I will freely admit).

For all of you who DO have to fly this week & deal w/this, you have my full sympathies.

Wasn't there a time, long long loooong ago, when flying used to be fun?