Re: scanning at airports

[Steve Gross <sgross@libre.com>]

On Sat, 6 Aug 1994, Bob Page wrote:

> The FAA (I think) recently said that it was OK to scan laptops;
> outside the Northwest check-in at Logan there is now a video monitor
> that said laptops and cameras should be scanned.
> 
> When I left San Francisco I had them hand-check the laptop, but not
> the floppies.  When I returned through Logan, I didn't even take my
> laptop out.  It survived with no problems.
> 
> I suspect that if the scanners at the airport are safe, the stand-up
> scanners in stores and libraries are even safer.
> 
> ..bob


  Bob-

  I go through airport security at least 25 times a month.  My TP750  
  resides in my flight case and passes through the scanner each time.  I
  have had no problems.  I fly throughout the U.S. and have been through
  lots of different types of scanners without a single glitch.


  -steve