Since the most recent on the devices in the carry-on on
certain airlines from some destination, I've been thinking that a few
options for flying are no longer available for me.
As far as I understand, in addition to the laptops, DSLRs (and any other
cameras besides cellphones are prohibited in the carry-on as well.
And as we've discussed before, it would be extremely risky to place a
DSLR+lenses into a regular checked-in suitcase.
Two of the banned airlines have (or rather had) a potential for me flying
their flights: Emirates and Turkish Airlines.
I've never flown Emirates due to the routing/pricing, but always wanted
because of their reputation.
Turkish Airlines, on the other hand, offers competitive pricing for flying
to Europe (connecting in Istambul), and since they are in the aliance with
United, I've used them on a couple of trips recently, both business
and personal.
It is interesting that Emirates just came up with a solution that *might*
work:
(USA Today:)
https://goo.gl/G0HQrj
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/03/23/emirates-rolls-out-laptop-handling-service-response-ban/99543956/
With Turkish Airlines, whose Customer Service attitude is so "laid back"
that it neglects "customer" and to some degree "service", - I am not
sure if I would trust even such a solution. -- I mean I wouldn't be sure
that my camera bag will not walk away between the gate and the cargo.
And then for any airline, there is airport ground operations personnel on
the arrival to US.
Igor
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