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Does Trump's ban now look not quite so 'outrageous', or can we expect crowd demonstrations in protest?
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Laptop Ban????????
None of the usual pedantics on here yet.
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None of the usual pedantics on here yet.
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Is it not a bit of a coincidence that after trying to impose a travel ban on muslim countries, that they now find evidence of a threat from those same countries er, retrospectively?
And, if there is a bomb in an iPad (none has every been found), it is safe to put it in the hold, but not as hand lugguage?
And, if there is a bomb in an iPad (none has every been found), it is safe to put it in the hold, but not as hand lugguage?
Gromit; "you" are not banned, - the ban is for carry-on electronics aboard U.S.-bound flights from 10 airports in North Africa and the Middle East and was the result of information seized during the a U.S. raid on Al Qaeda in Yemen in January, of which neither you nor I know nothing. This ban, I say, isn't far removed from President Trump's 60 day immigration ban, is it?
Jesus, I'm going to drawn / quartered, I could get shot, they could even drown me, or if the catch me it could be the tower, what about getting my head chopped off for fecks sake get a life, Fuselage, a tube, a pipe, where your cases get thrown in by gentlemen, or even someone that works in the Political correction fecking board.
Gromit
Read the Telegraph headline:
/// Britain will ban electronic devices on flights from six Middle Eastern nations amid terror
threat ///
The link that I provided then goes on to say:
/// British passengers on holiday flights from the Middle East and North Africa will be banned within days from carrying laptops, tablets and other electronic devices on board after security services identified a new al-Qaeda terrorist threat. ///
Most intelligent people would know what I and the Telegraph sub-Editor meant if they bothered to read the full story.
No this was just another opportunity to have a dig at OAG.
Read the Telegraph headline:
/// Britain will ban electronic devices on flights from six Middle Eastern nations amid terror
threat ///
The link that I provided then goes on to say:
/// British passengers on holiday flights from the Middle East and North Africa will be banned within days from carrying laptops, tablets and other electronic devices on board after security services identified a new al-Qaeda terrorist threat. ///
Most intelligent people would know what I and the Telegraph sub-Editor meant if they bothered to read the full story.
No this was just another opportunity to have a dig at OAG.
AOG,
I did not comment on your mistake yesterday, because others had already done so.
But apparently you did not understand the distinction that the ban was on use, not on devices being on the plane, and you are still whinging 24 hours later.
It was not a personal dig at you, it was correcting your misunderstanding, or inadvertant error.
I did not comment on your mistake yesterday, because others had already done so.
But apparently you did not understand the distinction that the ban was on use, not on devices being on the plane, and you are still whinging 24 hours later.
It was not a personal dig at you, it was correcting your misunderstanding, or inadvertant error.
Wifi only works on a plane if the plane provides a wifi signal to connect too. No UK planes supply on board wifi, and devices must have wifi turned off.
It might be possible to use a 4G mobile signal to connect to your cellular enabled Kindle or iPad, but you would have to be in range of a mobile transmitter which have a very short range.
Obviously batteries and explosives have different properties, so they can be detected at airport security devices.
The passenger from Saudi Arabia was successful because the airport security was lax. The secret is too have robust ground security.
By all means ban flights from airports that have bad security, but banning flights from airports that have better security than us is nonsense.
It might be possible to use a 4G mobile signal to connect to your cellular enabled Kindle or iPad, but you would have to be in range of a mobile transmitter which have a very short range.
Obviously batteries and explosives have different properties, so they can be detected at airport security devices.
The passenger from Saudi Arabia was successful because the airport security was lax. The secret is too have robust ground security.
By all means ban flights from airports that have bad security, but banning flights from airports that have better security than us is nonsense.
Gromit
Yes and I will continue to whinge as you so rudely stated, while others continue to incorrectly quote me.
You put:
/// But apparently you did not understand the distinction that the ban was on use, not on devices being on the plane, ///
Please supply proof of this, taking into consideration the chosen headline that I and the Telegraph used.
Yes and I will continue to whinge as you so rudely stated, while others continue to incorrectly quote me.
You put:
/// But apparently you did not understand the distinction that the ban was on use, not on devices being on the plane, ///
Please supply proof of this, taking into consideration the chosen headline that I and the Telegraph used.
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