Originally Posted by
donsig
Straight from the TSA website (which I would print and carry):
.."What Needs to be Screened Separately
* Laptops
* Full-size video game consoles
* Full-size DVD players
* Video cameras that use video cassettes
* CPAP breathing machines
Small and portable electronic items do not need to be removed from their carrying cases."
...so when the idiot Goon tells you differently, shove the printout in his face and look confused and bewildered.....make sounds like, "wha?...wha? it says here not to remove those items....I need a supervisor to help me because you are really confusing me...."
I pointed out to the screener that it isn't necessary to remove those items. I also informed her that I'm a member of Flyer Talk, where we discuss these issues in depth. She sighed and said "Ohhhhhh really?" In regards to the lighters she said her boss had instructed everyone to enforce a one lighter per person policy, although the TSA website says nothing about how many lighters can be carried past the checkpoint.
Just another case of some trigger happy TSO wanting to make their own set of rules.
