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Wearables and Planes

>   On a serious note, Last thing I want is for local bomb disposal unit
> to blow up my wearable once I get one...  A trip to your local airport
> to talk to their security people before you fly, might be a good idea,
> or plan extra time to go through security <G>
> 
>   Mark Willis
>   
> 
> 

>I had a similar thought on a flight a couple of weeks ago, but additionally it 
>struck me that you might have a tough time convincing the flight crew that 
>your wearable is an electronic device "approved" for use while in flight. Any 
>of the 'old hats' have any experience in this area?

 Airport security responses to wearables are a little odd and somewhat depressing.
I've had a very paranoid security person demand that I take everything out of the case,
open up the enclosure and explain the components while she sent the empty bag back through
the x-ray machine. The general trend is just to treat it as a normal laptop, and "turn it on and
show me the screen" This is rather fun with the Private Eye, and gets lots of strange questions...

As for being "approved" for use on planes... A wearable is exactly like any other computer you would
take on a plane. Turn it off to taxi, takeoff and landing. Make sure you pull the batteries on the
cellular modem, or hope that M-x Emergency-Land-747 works. 

Hope this helps!
-josh

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