It's come to this. Laptop bags created specifically to adhere to asinine TSA regulations in an attempt to make your flying experience 1% less annoying. I'm having a hard time finding a better definition of "treating the symptom, not the disease."
Regardless, with the recent addition of checked-baggage fees and the ever-preposterous liquid volume/container restrictions for carry-ons, having to take my laptop out of its case is the least of my gripes. The contradiction just occurred to me, too: Dissuade people from carrying on most items while simultaneously charging them not to. It makes so little sense I'm kind of impressed by the idiocy of it all.
Regardless, with the recent addition of checked-baggage fees and the ever-preposterous liquid volume/container restrictions for carry-ons, having to take my laptop out of its case is the least of my gripes. The contradiction just occurred to me, too: Dissuade people from carrying on most items while simultaneously charging them not to. It makes so little sense I'm kind of impressed by the idiocy of it all.