Wilt wrote in post #18386715
The policy, for USA and UK, is that flights origination from certain Middle East countries have
carry-on electronics banned above a certain size (smartphones OK, tablets not OK) and they need to be in checked bags.
There was CONSIDERATION -- but not enactment -- that the same restrictions would be broadened to include flights originating in EU countries and disembarking in the USA.
That proposal is on hold, while authorities consider other less-burdensome (to travellers and to the airlines themselves) means of addressing anti-terrorism concerns.
Whether a dSLR or even a mirrorless body falls within the same category as a laptop or tablet is not well understood
And now, since I posted the above, all flights entering the USA will be subject to increased Security incoming from just about everywhere! Not a ban on carryone electronics (tablets, laptops, dSLRs???) just inconveniencing everyone with more stringent entry procedures, making really long flights longer.
Department of Homeland Security announced enhanced screening procedures on all inbound flights to the U.S. Problem is, it's unclear what those procedures are.
"The Trump administration's vague travel security policies continue to vex the business travel community," reads a statement from Greeley Koch, executive director of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives. "We still need clarity on what this looks like in practice."
The airlines are as ill informed about procedures and additional length of time delays as the general public, at this point. And the 'new procedures' are being progressively rolled out, rather than uniformly across all airports, over the next number of months.
