TomMM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daallo...nes_Flight_159


http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/africa...ia-plane-bomb/

rickg523

Where's that old Onion article?
Found it. They thought they were kidding.
Enjoy.
http://www.theonion.com/article/faa-...ssenger-ban-44

eefor jfp

Various news agencies are reporting that the TSA is considering expanding the ban to all flights from Europe to the US.

What about those of us that actually need to work on flights? This seems crazy to me. Is there really such a threat that all electronics will have to go be checked? What about the practice of banning Lithium batteries from the hold? How is this all going to work? AAAARRRGGHHH!!!!

nrgiii

DHS should at least exempt trusted travelers and flight crews from the ban.

nrg

CaptainMiles

Invest in Cubana!

fgirard

And think about all of the neat aircraft that you can fly...like the IL-96, An-158 and the Tu-204.

Barciur

Could this be a big decoy thing to get people talking about that and not Comey and Russia investigation?

Canarsie

If so-called “leaders” were required to follow the very policies they create for others, we most likely would not see as many implementations of ideas which seem to be ridiculous at best.

This thought is not limited to airport security.

sbrower

That would be brilliant except that I don't think that anyone other than 100 people on FlyerTalk are paying any attention.

Boggie Dog

An event from more than a year ago. If this is the root why 14 months to take action?

One other significant point with this 2016 event, it was an insider job.

linsj

This is my concern as well, although I don't need a phone on the plane unless that's the only way to read. I can go back to taking enough books for flights, however.

A loaner laptop or using a public one while gone isn't a solution. No laptop will have the legacy and other specialized software I use regularly for my job--and need even on leisure trips to keep up with business emails I can't ignore for two weeks. (I'm self-employed, and, unfortunately, some of the work is always with me.)

MSY-MSP

Same here and that applies to a lot of travelers from the EU to the US and the US to EU. We all need our computers to get work done and if traveling for business our employers expect that we are getting things done. I cannot image what my employer would do if I had to check my computer and then it didn't show up at the other end when i am expected to be productive.

I know that restrictions are coming on electronics. I hope that they do a reasonable approach. Not that i would like it, I would tolerate and could probably live with a one phone, one laptop/tablet restriction per/pax restriction. Though as i said earlier I wonder what happens if/when the EU bans the carriage of Li-Ion batteries in the hold of passenger aircraft. That is where things could get real interesting.

guflyer

This article states that a decision has yet to be made: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...511-story.html

It seems to contradict [I]The Daily Best/I] article referred to earlier in this thread describing this as already done.

I am curious how long this will be drawn out for before a decision comes about (my preference would be for things to be left the way that they are and for there to be no expansion of any ban).

NickP 1K

Well a lot of this started from the ONE tweet that started this thread. With our current govt bragging about stopping leaks it was curious that a LEAK was sent to an aviation tweetsphere person and the majority of articles referenced it on DAY one then other articles referenced "sources". In other words, a scoop MAY not always hold truth behind it, still think it's possible for this ban to happen but the timeline sources gave was off.

flyerguy99

The US govt will sure be making life difficult for its own employees, diplomats, and soldiers if they impose this.

I know some US diplomatic staff in countries affected by the initial ban. It turns out there is a hard and fast policy that US govt-owned electronics with sensitive data must be carried in person, not put in checked luggage. "Sensitive" extends considerably farther than "classified" in this context -- e.g., a laptop with human resources data, or proprietary information from a regulated firm or contractor bid. It's a low threshold, though it doesn't include all US govt equipment (e.g., if someone takes a blank laptop just to access remote email).

The rule is firm enough that these federal employees were instructed that if they were planning travel with sensitive government equipment, cancel existing reservations on affected flights and rebook connecting routes via Europe, even though that would mean higher fares and not using GSA city-pair contracts where available.

If it becomes essentially impossible to travel internationally with electronics on your person, I'm not sure how the US govt plans to resolve that -- rules for federal employees on protecting devices have been getting tighter, not looser.