Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:43:46 GMT, "Jim Carter"
wrote in 004101c6c131$99807a10$4001a8c0@omnibook6100:

Since laptops are once again allowed onboard as checked luggage, I
wonder if the airlines are going to start checking battery models and
revision numbers (bet not).

It would seem this requirement to check laptop computers rather than
making them available for use in the cabin has cost Boeing a bundle
not to mention the jobs lost:

I doubt that a couple days of not allowing carry-on laptops on board in
this quarter had any effect on a business that has been losing money in
several prior quarters. The decision was already made.

Boeing's problem is that people did not want to pay the exorbitant
connection fees just to use their laptops in flight. Boeing was looking
for other providers, but they all seemed to think of airline passengers
as being filthy rich Internet addicts with IQs somewhat below Forrest
Gump -- a vanishingly small portion of the population of whom the
highest concentration appears to be posting on Usenet.