ALERT - TSA declares all cameras need to come out of your bag at security

[ahsanford]

Ouch: "The TSA just announced that all electronics larger than a cell phone need to be placed into a bin for separate screening."

https://petapixel.com/2017/07/26/tsa-requires-separate-screening-cameras-airports-now/

More, from TSA (see link inside of the PP link above):

"The stronger security measures do not apply to passengers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® who are using TSA Pre✓® lanes. TSA also marked another milestone earlier this month with TSA Pre✓® now available at 200 airports nationwide. Travelers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® do not need to remove shoes, 3-1-1 liquids, laptops, electronics, light outerwear, or belts. The program allows TSA to focus resources on passengers who may pose a high risk to security while providing expedited screening to those travelers who have been identified as low-risk, trusted travelers."

Going out on a very short and sturdy limb here: TSA-Pre membership is about to skyrocket.

- A

 

[Loswr]

"The stronger security measures do not apply to passengers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® who are using TSA Pre✓® lanes.

Well, that works for me, at least.

Going out on a very short and sturdy limb here: TSA-Pre membership is about to skyrocket.

Not sure that too many people use anything other than their cell phone...

For anyone considering signing up for Precheck who also travels internationally, I'd suggest looking at the Global Entry program. Makes it much easier coming back into the country (basically, you get to cut the lines), and it comes with automatic Precheck enrollment.

 

[ahsanford]

"The stronger security measures do not apply to passengers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® who are using TSA Pre✓® lanes.

Well, that works for me, at least.

+1. Best $17/year spend a traveler could possibly make.

- A

 

[stevelee]

My G7X II, the camera I travel with, might be small enough not to have to come out. But I have the Precheck anyway. Didn't help me flying home from Dublin, though. But I do feel like my $85 for five years was well spent. I usually fly just a few times a year, but I think of it as costing $17 a year, so easily worth it.

Something that some of you might need to note is that after this fall, more states' drivers licenses will not be useful for ID. I'll start using my passport on domestic flights.

 

[Don Haines]

I don't think I have ever had a flight when security did not ask this.......

 

[Mikehit]

I have never been asked.
One time when gong through security in UK I jokingly said 'do you want me to take out my camera? It is really a computer with a lens attached'.

 

[Loswr]

But I have the Precheck anyway. Didn't help me flying home from Dublin, though. But I do feel like my $85 for five years was well spent.

That's where Global Entry comes in, and at only $3 more per year (GE is $100 for 5 years), the time saves on even one international trip return is worth it, IMO (but I will point out that GE requires an interview with DHS, usually at an airport). When I fly back into Logan from an international trip, I'm invariably at the baggage carousels before the luggage even starts coming out, and the dedicated exit lane means I'm out of the airport as soon as I get my suitcase.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Going out on a very short and sturdy limb here: TSA-Pre membership is about to skyrocket.

- A

They have billboards advertising it here in Spokane, so they do want it to skyrocket.

 

[zim]

TBH I've never heard of 'precheck' I've also never understood why a camera doesn't have to come out as per computer equipment or how jam is a liquid. ???
So with precheck security is now just another money making exercise?

 

[nonac]

I am so glad I have TSA pre-check through my clearance vetting for my day job!

 

[gregorywood]

I have considered signing up for TSA Precheck many times but didn't think it worth the cost.

As of 10 minutes ago, I have an appointment next Tuesday at one of their locations for fingerprinting and document review. Given the latest additional delays for cameras, I'm all in.

 

[grainier]

I am so tired of government agencies who are incapable of doing anything abouth the illegal behavior and going after law-abiding citizens instead.

 

[Jopa]

F TSA. $17 means nothing but that's not about money. I pay enough taxes.

 

[Luds34]

"The stronger security measures do not apply to passengers enrolled in TSA Pre✓® who are using TSA Pre✓® lanes.

Well, that works for me, at least.

+1. Best $17/year spend a traveler could possibly make.

- A

Spend the extra 3 bucks a year and get Global Entry, best money I ever spent. I felt it paid for itself just the first time I came back through customs.

 

[Luds34]

But I have the Precheck anyway. Didn't help me flying home from Dublin, though. But I do feel like my $85 for five years was well spent.

That's where Global Entry comes in, and at only $3 more per year (GE is $100 for 5 years), the time saves on even one international trip return is worth it, IMO (but I will point out that GE requires an interview with DHS, usually at an airport). When I fly back into Logan from an international trip, I'm invariably at the baggage carousels before the luggage even starts coming out, and the dedicated exit lane means I'm out of the airport as soon as I get my suitcase.

Doh! You beat me to it.

 

[Chaitanya]

I am so tired of government agencies who are incapable of doing anything abouth the illegal behavior and going after law-abiding citizens instead.

Its the same story all over the world. Tape that those airport security guys use to cover terminals of batteries is horrible it leaves behind residue and it just ruins the trip sometimes.

 

[AlanF]

But I have the Precheck anyway. Didn't help me flying home from Dublin, though. But I do feel like my $85 for five years was well spent.

That's where Global Entry comes in, and at only $3 more per year (GE is $100 for 5 years), the time saves on even one international trip return is worth it, IMO (but I will point out that GE requires an interview with DHS, usually at an airport). When I fly back into Logan from an international trip, I'm invariably at the baggage carousels before the luggage even starts coming out, and the dedicated exit lane means I'm out of the airport as soon as I get my suitcase.

Slowcoach - we cabin luggage only brigade are out way before then.

 

[Joakim]

It is probably due to english not being my primary language, but when it states "take out of your carry-on" i read that as "needs to be in your checked-in luggage".

I have been taking all electronics, and anything with any metal on it, and arranging them in the trays for years. You have not been doing this in USA?

 

[Mikehit]

Ni. It means you need to do the same thing as you do with the laptop - you take it out of your bag and place it in a tray to put it through the X-ray scanner. After that you can put it back in the bag and carry it into the cabin.

 

[Khalai]

Ni. It means you need to do the same thing as you do with the laptop - you take it out of your bag and place it in a tray to put it through the X-ray scanner. After that you can put it back in the bag and carry it into the cabin.

I've always done that with my camera gear for years anyway. For EU and non-EU flight alike. Usually, they are satisfied with open camera bag on a tray, never needed to unload body or lenses separately...