Oh so YOU'RE the guy that bought one!

raises hand slightly...

Although, it has become a great movie player for little lcohen999's when we fly

P.S. there is only one Pre Check style lane and that is YYZ TRANSBORDER.

Every other Nexus lane, seems to operate in the same fashion as all other lanes, with a shorter line.

Laptop in or out is one thing but could they please standardize the bin deal. YUL carry on bag, laptop bag HAVE to be in a bin. YYZ no bin this week, bin 2 weeks ago. YVR no bins.
And slightly off topic there was MRS 3 days ago, cameras, hard drives, extra batteries, and power bars needed to be out, thought I was in PEK!

Its hit and miss. At T3 YYZ TB, I have always had to pull it out at the Nexus lane, at T1 I try and ask, most times its been keep it in the bag. Oddly enough, CPAPs are out of bag.

Tuesday afternoon flight YYZ-ORD was laptop in (May 6).

Went through YYZ transborder Nexus on May 4, laptop in.

But considering that liquids must still be out, and all other high metal content items (watches, shoes in many cases, change, etc) are going to cause secondary screening anyways and so must be out/off, don't really see the benefit in being able to leave laptop in (even if it was done more consistently).

I agree with Aspan, bigger hassle is the whole bin/no bin fiasco. Some force you to put it in a bin, others seem to react like "Why the heck did you put that in a bin?!", and then others stop the train to put a bin face down between you and the previous person in line. Like many FT'ers I am all about maximizing efficiencies to get through security ASAP, so this inconsistency frustrates me to no end.

My experience in TB NEXUS lane had liquids IN the bag, as per the sign, showing a bag of liquids and an arrow pointing into the carryon bag. (In fact, I almost never do remove the liquid bag from the larger bag. I forget. Never had it mentioned. But I imagine that on the Xray that overlapping bags and bag-within-bag look the same.)

I should have clarified. My experiences was T1 domestic. Left liquids in bag, never had an issue, no one said a thing. (consistently)

I always fint the consistancy funny; example; some stations you must put EVERYTHING including roller bags, laptop bag etc in the bins; others you don't.

I said something at one point was told it is policy across the country; my response was; you should try traveling the said country and see for your self.

It really does bug me because the everything in the bins slows things down considerably (bag log of bins).

Why do we put bags in bins in NEXUS T1 domestic lines but not in other domestic lines (non NEXUS)?

I am going to agree with you on both points (laptop has always remained in on the Nexus line and usage of bins should be standardized) and raise you one - there should be a Stupid line for those people who do not listen to the CATSA/TSA people. There are so many signs and different personnel telling you what to take out of your bags (esp in the US) and there are ALWAYS people who just don't listen. It drives me NUTS - if you want to do your own thing, do it in a way that doesn't inconveneince the dozens of travellers behind you. (Sorry for the rant, this is one of my top pet peeves)

I was told it was due to the cleanliness of that one machine, was why they required the bags in bins. <shrug>

Amusing.

On Thursday at SFO, they wouldn't let you put shoes in the bin. Had to be right on the belt :p

I was told that the bags in bin rule is for when they have the system that automatically "pulls" a bin aside for additional searching when the person watching the screen sees something.