Re: scanning at airports

["Martin P. Smith" <msmith@netcom.com>]

Being a native of the UK I can say that flying in you may get
away without the scanning but flying back they will ABSOLUTELY
insist that you have the machine scanned. Not only that but they
will alos insist that you turn the  machine on to prove that it
will boot properly. 

I have never had any problem with my machine/s and have always
let them be scanned even internally in the US. This security
is well worth the pain and suffering if it can help avoid tragedies
like Lockerbie. 

Martin P. Smith msmith@netcom.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
>