TSA Doesn't Want to See Your Little MacBook Air
If it's smaller than standard-size, airport security doesn't need you whipping it out.
If you've travelled anywhere going through an airport, you'll know that the security scanning procedures now demand that you take your laptop out of your bag and place it in a plastic bin so that it can be scanned separately.
According to CNN's talk with a Transportation Security Administration spokesman, however, the 11.6-inch MacBook Air, along with the iPad, do not need to be removed for your baggage when undergoing scanning.
One early adopter of the iPad who went through airport security said that she was told that her Apple tablet didn't need to be scanned separately because it "doesn't have a CPU or hard drive."
Of course, the MacBook Air doesn't have a hard drive either, instead relying on solid state storage. It does, however, have a CPU – albeit an old one. But that's not the official reasoning from the TSA.
The reason that the 11.6-inch MacBook Air can stay in your bag is because it is "smaller than a standard-size laptop," which puts it in the same category as netbooks.
Despite having nearly the same internal design, the 13.3-inch MacBook Air doesn't get the free pass and must be removed from one's bag.
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alyoshka Don't these guys know???? The things they are letting go thru have edges as sharp as knives????Reply
Funny, you can't carry a scissors into a plane but you can carry a MacAir...
Yeah , we know, Laptops are bigger and can easily be used to conceal a weapon in but what if the shape itself is and can be used as a weapon??? we've heard a dozed people getting cut by the MacAir.... don't the security guys have any gray matter what so ever? -
damasvara alyoshkaDon't these guys know???? The things they are letting go thru have edges as sharp as knives????Funny, you can't carry a scissors into a plane but you can carry a MacAir...Yeah , we know, Laptops are bigger and can easily be used to conceal a weapon in but what if the shape itself is and can be used as a weapon??? we've heard a dozed people getting cut by the MacAir.... don't the security guys have any gray matter what so ever?Yes, I can imagine it now... An iBoomerang... :lol:Reply
:lol: on the typo too. Good thing you revised it. ;)
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jsc That may be official policy, but I have had to pull my netbook out of my carryon bag each time I have flown.Reply
I will be flying again in a couple of days. I'll see what happens. -
jj463rd But what about the battery in the Macbook Air as it would make a good igniter for something else?Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DcpANRFrI4 -
r3t4rd What about the exploding iPhones/iPods/Mac Books? Explosions in Aircrafts...isn't that bad?Reply -
klavis I would make a point to pull it out anyways and make a hassle out of it to annoying the annoying people doing the annoying screening.Reply -
Travis Beane Given how dangerous lithium batteries can be, and yet I can't bring my razors or toothpaste on a local flight in Canada...Reply
So, how long will it take to drive instead?