ZOMG! People have to switch on phones at aiports. Outrage!!!
Si_Crewe
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I mean, seriously?
It's the main news story on the TV and it's the headline in a lot of newspapers today and, frankly, I'm utterly unable to understand the hysteria.
A mobile phone, tablet or laptop with a flat battery is no use to man nor beast so surely nobody with any sense routinely carries these items around with a flat battery which makes me wonder why being asked to power it up at an airport might cause any inconvenience.
And, aside from the common-sense aspect, this has been a policy on a variety of flights for over a decade so why's it suddenly a big deal now?
They ask you to power up your phone, tablet or laptop, it takes about 5 seconds for the Mac/Windows logo to appear and they're happy.
It's not like they're insisting on it booting up completely and forcing you to demonstrate that it's a working device or looking through your stuff.
As long as the screen lights up, they're happy. It takes about 5 seconds and gets done as you retrieve the device from the x-ray machine basket.
What's the big deal?
It's the main news story on the TV and it's the headline in a lot of newspapers today and, frankly, I'm utterly unable to understand the hysteria.
A mobile phone, tablet or laptop with a flat battery is no use to man nor beast so surely nobody with any sense routinely carries these items around with a flat battery which makes me wonder why being asked to power it up at an airport might cause any inconvenience.
And, aside from the common-sense aspect, this has been a policy on a variety of flights for over a decade so why's it suddenly a big deal now?
They ask you to power up your phone, tablet or laptop, it takes about 5 seconds for the Mac/Windows logo to appear and they're happy.
It's not like they're insisting on it booting up completely and forcing you to demonstrate that it's a working device or looking through your stuff.
As long as the screen lights up, they're happy. It takes about 5 seconds and gets done as you retrieve the device from the x-ray machine basket.
What's the big deal?
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Standby for the first"I lost my holiday cause my battery was flat" headline
Or if they really want to take the piss, no electronic devices allowed on the place at all and includes the hold, that'll really piss people off and won't go anywhere then the economy suffers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10952671/Airport-security-you-wont-fly-to-the-US-if-your-mobile-phone-battery-is-dead.html
Sounds fair.
Nothing annoys me more than a person in front of me holding up a queue because s/he fusses about this or that or whatnot. Good if they turn the person away for failing to do a basic job beforehand.
There is also a very good chance that there's a battery-charging station at any airport.
Most seasoned travellers turn off data services, wifi, bluetooth, location services and other battery suckers when they travel, anyway.
That's recommended anyway and has been for sometime at major international airports.
The beads are made from C4 though.
The other side is that I get pretty annoyed with people who accept any unreasonable and disproportionate intrusion into their lives as long as long as "terrorism" is mentioned.
Accept? What do you propose I should do? Chuck a travel bag at their head and scream "I have my rights! Even though some of you thought I looked Middle Eastern enough for you to pull me aside for questions now and then!"?
Proposing that you don't get annoyed at someone for complaining about these measures. That's the fault of the airport security if they weren't taking completely disproportionate and unnecessary steps then the person wouldn't have to complain about them. Sorry if you feel that your trip is being disrupted but you'll just have to cope with it just like you expect everyone to cope with the "security measures".
That is only 7 years ago, I first heard this story about needing to show its working yesterday on the radio, what is the reason for it as I dont really understand?
I suppose it depends on how you define unreasonable or disproportionate.
Pressing an on/off button once doesn't qualify, I don't think.
How about if they complain about those measures outside a queue? Common sense, surely?
It's not the act but the acceptance of routine government intrusion into private lives without any justification. The government and the media would like is to believe that we are constantly in danger from terrorism. This is complete rubbish because terrorism is a very very rare sporadic thing not a constant danger. Giving people a choice between getting groped by airport security or being flooded with radiation each time you get on a flight is very unreasonable and this is another step in that direction.
I have travelled to the USA 6 times in under 8 years. I was even there when the liquid rules started and there was armed guards going through our luggage. Yet I never once heard that our electronic devices had to be charged.
Airport security seems to love delaying people. Outside lax there were very long ques and rather than the hoards of extra staff going outside to tell people to put liquids in the hold luggage, they waited until they were at the check in desk.
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