Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 23 May 91 14:08:13 GMT From: "David E. Bernholdt" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular "Harrassment" at Airport Security Message-ID: Organization: Quantum Theory Project, Univ. of Florida Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 395, Message 7 of 14 Lines: 35 In article bowles@stsci.edu (Richard Bowles) writes: > mike@post.att.com (Michael Scott Baldwin) writes: >> She *asked me* to turn it on for her! I asked why, >> and she just said "turn it on please". Once it bleeped and blinked >> for her, she was satisfied. > I think the "please turn it on" policy is several years old Indeed, this _has_ been going on for several years. And I believe that, at least at one time, they _did_ remove the batteries of anything you tried to carry on prior to international flights -- seems to me that was instigated by the bomb on the PanAm flight over Scotland. Side note: A friend of mine recently traveled with a SCSI disk drive for her Mac in her carry-on. She had a hard time convincing the security folks that it really was _on_ and _working_ after they finally found an AC outlet to plug it into. For my money, I'd rather the security people were cautious. Sure its an inconvenience, but if someone manages to get a bomb aboard, lots of people are going to be inconvenienced. And now back to telecom... David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365