Has anybody flown with am iPad

[Amnak]

Hey all I'm about to fly to California on Tuesday has any one flown with an iPad ? Has any one had issues with security or do they just treat it like any other laptop ? I'm just nervous can't afford them telling me I can't take it when I'm there.

 

[BittenApple]

No problems here. Cali-> Tex -> Toronto ->Detroit -> Cali

 

[mobilebuddha]

I went through airport security in SF, LAX, Seoul and in China in early April, people thought it was just a regular notebook (i mean, pen & paper notebook). it was flagged by any of the machines.

 

[8CoreWhore]

Apple's good but they're not that good. You need one of these...

 

[random person]

I've been on four flights and they didn't even ask me to take it out of my bag to go through security. No issues at all!

 

[Amnak]

Cool it's been like two years since my last flight and I've heard security has gotten much worse. I love this iPad more and more every day 6 hour flight + 10 hour battery makes me a happy camper er I mean flyer

 

[HazChem]

Just got home yesterday and security didn't bat an eye. It was in my closed shoulder bag.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

There is already a thread on this here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/897191/

 

[Lwyd]

I tried to fly with mine to Dallas a few days after the wifi launch. Security didn't know what it was or how to treat it and made me send it through a second time, separately. I did t have any problems on the way back though.

 

[ChocolateApple]

I tried to fly with mine to Dallas a few days after the wifi launch. Security didn't know what it was or how to treat it and made me send it through a second time, separately. I did t have any problems on the way back though.

Funny imaging that. It sounds like a scene from the future. "What is this strange thing?"

 

[rworne]

Flights out of BWI and LAX here with a 64G 3G iPad.

I just put it in the bin with the shoes in the Apple case. No one cared. The other thing was all the crap I didn't bring. I usually bring a notebook and separate portable DVD player & DVDs.

Now I sync my ripped dvd's and toss the iPad, keyboard dock and charging cable into my carry-on. What I don't sync, I access via AirVideo. Good times and less stuff to lug around.