Banning laptops from flights handluggage!

[Platypus]

In summary, then, you need to leave the bomb in the hold but can still trigger it from the mobile phone in your hand in the cabin. Hmmm.

Hum... any phone signal at 38,000 feet?

[LondonManc]

Hum... any phone signal at 38,000 feet?

AYCOTBAT?

[AtW]

Good news for airport bookshops.

[KentDogWalker]

This is gonna be annoying for coders. Will have to setup temp laptops or have cheap laptops for trips abroad.

[KentDogWalker]

A well-packed case can take a lot of punishment even with delicate stuff inside.

Depends if you can get to your bag before someone pinches it at the carousel before you make it through security.

[KentDogWalker]

That's the least of your problems - I've been offered "a cheap laptop" on more than one occasion. From someone who turned out to work at LHR, and had a dodgy contact in baggage handling*. I doubt they're brave enough to publish the theft stats, but I'd never check a laptop into hold luggage. Ever. Unless it's insured to the hilt and I fancy a new one

*I discussed this with an acquaintance in the police sometime later (he was on armed duty at LHR at the time), he laughed and said they basically couldn't care less, unless it was terrorism they wouldn't even bother.

So they wouldn't even look at the cameras to see who stole it?

[SueEllen]

So they wouldn't even look at the cameras to see who stole it?

Why would you?

I mean it takes them years to stop airport drug smuggling rings so they aren't going to waste resources on one stolen laptop.

[KentDogWalker]

Why would you?

I mean it takes them years to stop airport drug smuggling rings so they aren't going to waste resources on one stolen laptop.

Might be a day to start looking at cheap windooze laptops on ukhotdeals sometime soon if don't want to check in my new mackbook pro 15 which I plan on getting

[LondonManc]

This is gonna be annoying for coders. Will have to setup temp laptops or have cheap laptops for trips abroad.

There's this new thing that's out - The Cloud - you may have heard of it.

[KentDogWalker]

There's this new thing that's out - The Cloud - you may have heard of it.

Big deal, It still takes ages to set up a new laptop, and working on windows is a pain.