84fiero

Well that is not good

SFO 1K

Note there's no distinction about where from overseas you are arriving, including Canada.

Buster

That's a pretty vague sign. "A cell phone" - does that mean only 1? I have both a personal and a work cell phone that I travel with. Do I have to choose?

mikeef

I'll give a cookie to the first person who has to explain to, shall we say, "security personnel," that Hawaii/Alaska/Puerto Rico/New Mexico/whatever is not considered international.

Mike

MSPeconomist

The sign doesn't refer to a government order, so should we assume that this is a new DL rule?

I don't see any announcement on the DL website.

I can see people scrambling to book DL flights from the USA and partner operated flights to the USA.

NickP 1K

Well I've got one trip coming up and a personal one later that I won't carry a notebook for now - getting this: https://www.thule.com/en-us/us/compu...tl_85854234917 and just going to put it in the regular check in back. Encrypted notebook - so don't care and everything backed up to corporate dropbox

CosmosHuman

Is Delta going to change their CoC for electronics?

mywanderlust

The only international flight from CVG is DL to Paris.

dinoscool3

Not even Canada or Mexico?

mywanderlust

I meant the only non-precleared flight if you can get there from Canada. CVG isn't a very big airport.

84fiero

CUN and CDG are the only international nonstops to CVG I think, but people also fly to/from CVG to international flights departing other airports, so presumably any such sign would be intended to advise those people as well, not solely international directly to CVG.

MSY-MSP

Well things are going to get interesting here. The ban is coming it is just a matter of when. The issue that i am hearing is that the US wants just a cell phone allowed and nothing else every thing else in the hold. The EU has apparently informed the US that they are not going to allow the loading of the other devices in the cargo hold, and will remove those items from checked luggage. And what we have now is a stand off.

SFO 1K

Endeavor 3699 from Toronto too.

notquiteaff

I suspect someone jumped the gun, saw the printed signs come in via UPS, and put them out.

Not a good sign. Pun intended.

gooselee

The sign itself is dated for today, and would have had to be ordered at least a day or two ago (depending on how many DL got printed). Makes me wonder if it's a DL policy in anticipation of a new rule, or if someone at DL knows something the rest of us don't. My gut is with the former.

In any case, add me to the list of people who is prohibited from being separated from my laptop and associated data while in transit due to both our contractual commitments to customers as well as relevant laws around the PII we deal with. We have people in EMEA right now, with direct flights back to the US.

If this goes into effect, their choices will be to cancel flights and find alternate routes back, or to violate a few laws and contractual agreements. If the ban eventually extends to domestic flights, I'm not entirely sure how we'll continue to operate based on the standards our clients expect (and that those laws demand).

This is some horribly thought out nonsense, if you ask me.