TSA launches search for the perfect laptop bag
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TSA launches search for the perfect laptop bag
http://gsnmagazine.com/cms/features/...lysis/542.html
The key is for TSA screeners to be able to view the laptop in a single X-ray image, so the laptop would not need to be placed in a separate TSA bin.
To accomplish this, the TSA RFI pointed out that the laptop bag would need to meet the following requirements:
The carrying bag cannot exceed any one of the proposed dimensions 16 inches in height, 24 inches wide and 36 inches long.
The materials that make up the bag cannot degrade the quality of the X-ray image of the laptop.
No straps, pockets, zippers, handles or closures of the bag can interfere with the image of the laptop.
No electronics, chargers, batteries, wires, paper products, pens or other contents of the bag can shield the image of the laptop.
TSA is inviting bag designers and manufacturers to come up with creative ways to meet these design requirements, but it has also suggested three concepts of its own:
A bag that would open completely, and lie horizontally on the X-ray belt, such that one side with hold only the laptop.
A bag that would open completely, leaving the laptop standing vertically, supported by clips.
A bag that would pull apart in separate compartments, with one compartment containing only the laptop.
To accomplish this, the TSA RFI pointed out that the laptop bag would need to meet the following requirements:
The carrying bag cannot exceed any one of the proposed dimensions 16 inches in height, 24 inches wide and 36 inches long.
The materials that make up the bag cannot degrade the quality of the X-ray image of the laptop.
No straps, pockets, zippers, handles or closures of the bag can interfere with the image of the laptop.
No electronics, chargers, batteries, wires, paper products, pens or other contents of the bag can shield the image of the laptop.
TSA is inviting bag designers and manufacturers to come up with creative ways to meet these design requirements, but it has also suggested three concepts of its own:
A bag that would open completely, and lie horizontally on the X-ray belt, such that one side with hold only the laptop.
A bag that would open completely, leaving the laptop standing vertically, supported by clips.
A bag that would pull apart in separate compartments, with one compartment containing only the laptop.
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A bit of a modification on the bag I used for many years would do it. The bag had one main zipper down the middle and would open up like a book rather than dropping things in from the top like most bags.
Add a couple of velcroed tie-downs and remove the outside pocket on the side with the laptop. When you got to x-ray you would simply unzip it and lay it flat on the belt.
I much prefer that bag design, unfortunately it doesn't fit my current machine and I can't find anything like it that does.
Add a couple of velcroed tie-downs and remove the outside pocket on the side with the laptop. When you got to x-ray you would simply unzip it and lay it flat on the belt.
I much prefer that bag design, unfortunately it doesn't fit my current machine and I can't find anything like it that does.
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My laptop backpack already has a "inner bag" that contains just the laptop. Instead of removing the laptop and putting it into a tray, I simply put the inner bag containing the laptop on the belt. Works perfectly in MUC and other European airports, and even a few TSA guys at US airports understood the idea.
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Instead, how about using a better x-ray machine? One that wasn't being used prior to 9/11, technology that adapts to today's society.
Stop putting the burden on everyone else, pony up some responsibility, and get a clue, TSA.
Stop putting the burden on everyone else, pony up some responsibility, and get a clue, TSA.
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i can't wait-just look how they phucked up liquids 'n shoes
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They already have a video of this at SEA. While waiting in the lines they politely tell you to pack a layer of clothes, a layer of electronics, a layer of clothes.....
If I have to buy a TSA approved bag in order to fly that's it. I am done.
If I have to buy a TSA approved bag in order to fly that's it. I am done.
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I thought that was the whole reason for the new x-rays that were being tested.
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Do I think that I should taking the laptop out of the bags? Does TSA will continuation to being screened the laptop at entire checkpoint? When I am flying out from PHX next month for Hawaii trip. What is your source for me about more specific information from TSA? I'm sure if we must to take laptop out of bags before I am passed through checkpoint.
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I'm always searching for the perfect travel bag, but these fools think that I will restructure how I deal with a three week trip to accommodate 5 minutes at the x-ray?
There is probably a market for this among the people who walk around with their ID in a neck pouch.
There is probably a market for this among the people who walk around with their ID in a neck pouch.
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Why doesn't the TSA just get the same model X-ray machines in use at remote outstations like LHR where screeners are able to screen bags without laptops having to be removed