Originally Posted by The Others

I see that BA have recently relaxed the rules introduced after the attempted liquid explosives plot; laptops are now allowed ont he plane, as long as they are removed from their baggage and X-rayed seperatly.

I've had this happen to mine before, and it was no trouble. Of course, they always make me take my belt off as well, then rush you through they quee. I have been left holding my laptop, the bag it used to be in, my belt and my trousers up as I've tried to clear the line in airports before.

My DV camera has never been an issue; it's pretty small and just goes into my hand luggage. The thousands of cables I have for everything get packed into the hold - I'm not going to need endless USB and firewire cables on the flight, so I forget about them until I unpack. Charging batteries too - I never pay enough to get a seat with a power supply, so my myriad of chargers go in the hold. To be honest, I never use my laptop on the plane anyway, but like to keep it on me. In the air port it's good, but planes are for sleeping.

Next time I'll brush up on current flying regulations before posting my mouth off.