Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:48:59PM +0000, Matt Clark wrote:
>
>> Not quite - when the scanner operators ask if I've got a laptop in my
>> bag I say no, and they haven't complained so far. Then again I haven't
>> tried that tack in the new style super paranoid USA yet. Which approach
>> is least likely to cause panic in a bugged-out TSA agent?
>>
>
> "No, but I've got a PDA. Do you want to see it?"
>
> -dsr-
>
In my experience (I fly in the US about every other month), TSA are
pretty literal. If they ask for a laptop, then they mean a laptop. Even
if they weren't, I gather the concern is explosives masquerading as
batteries, and the N800 has a cell phone sized battery. I took the N800
on a trip lately (as well as a notebook), and didn't do anything special
with
the notebook.
They also require that all liquids be in bottles of 3.4 oz or less (used
to be 3 oz, but this is an accommodation to those on the metric system).
Moreover, they need to be in a quart size zip lock bag. The point of the
zip lock bag is to ensure the amount of liquids is limited. However, if you
try to take through a few loose bottles/tooth paste containers which
clearly would
not fill up a zip lock bag, they'll confiscate them.
And if you think US is bad, try flying through UK these days.
Jon
