I sure haven't. They look at it and don't' really ask me anything though. Just part of the whole rigmarole nowadays.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Wessel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:55:03 -0500 Subject: [BRLTTY] Slightly OT: airport security and braille displays > Hi, all, > > Apologies for a slightly off-topic posting, but I figured a community of > braille display users might be a good place to ask. > > I often take my braille display with me when I travel by air, carrying it on > the plane with me. Every time I go through TSA airport security here in the > U.S., my display seems to get flagged for inspection by the TSA agents. It's > not a big deal. They check it out to make sure it's nothing that shouldn't > go on the plane, ask a couple questions, then send me and my display on my > way. It's just a mildly inconvenient delay for me and extra work for them. > Don't get me wrong; I'm glad they're doing their job and checking out an > unfamiliar object. > > This has happened with both a focus 80 and Focus 40. I often travel with one > or the other. I used to leave the Focus 40 in my backpack, but that just > lead to my whole backpack being flagged. > > Has anyone figured out a smooth way to get a braille display through airport > security? > > Thanks, > Keith > > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
