They carry electrons, don't they? :rolleyes:

(that's the kind of logic that Idiot Boy Hawley would use to train his minions.)

Since the TSA labeled cheesecake a liquid silly!

That's a "semiconductor" too, Comrade!

What if every item in a bag falls under the electronics category?

I don't have any travel until after thanksgiving, but if I'm told all electronics must come out, I'll just put my bag on the belt (minus laptop) and let them sort through it.

I often travel with a large amount of computer equipment, network devices, storage devices, CAT5 cables, plugs/adapters, numerous USB devices, PDAs, mobile phones, Voice over WiFi phones, various battery chargers, photography equipment, etc.

What do they want me to do, send 25 bins through? :D

They are "electronics" because, what they really mean is "anything that could be used as a component in an IED."

(NOTE: I don't agree with the idiocy. But that doesn't mean that I can't explain some of their thinking.)

Sorry, that's what you get for coming late and not reading everything. See Post #21.

It doesn't yet announce the new policy, but here is a new IED webpage that the TSA apparently created today (11/15/07):

http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/...itigation.shtm

Just from our experience I would not recommend this if your equipment is valuable. The TSO we dealt with was royally p*ssed that we didn't "follow directions" and was very rough with everything - and would not let us unpack the bag ourselves at that point....

I suppose we should've seen this coming - let's see how long the checkpoints can sustain picking over every single iPod, cell phone etc. I don't believe there are the (on site) staff/resources for this to work for more than a few days without horror stories emerging that'll make them look even worse ... which is why they pulled back from doing it before. :rolleyes:

As usual, the desk jockeys @ HQ come up with the brilliant ideas that the frontline workers get to deal with.

Too bad Kip Hawley's Mom didn't use an IUD.......

That's only 11 bins :p

Wonder if there is an Electronics Kippie bag in our future.......... what gallon sized maybe?? All kidding aside I am worried about that very thing. For example - 1 laptop and one gallon sized bag for electronics.........

Waiting for Bart....

One bag per Administrator. Preferrably nothing breathable.

The only good thing: they're doing this idiocy leading into the massive holiday crush of fliers. That is going to really tick off a lot of Ma and Pa Kettles, making new enemies for the TSA out of all sorts who'd never had a grumble before.

Clearly, this is a dumb reaction by the TSA to the GSO finding their checkpoints to be so many sieves. :td: :mad: