Who puts a laptop worth several thousands of euros in check-in luggage which gets lost, stolen and damaged all the time?
Who puts a laptop worth several thousands of euros in check-in luggage which gets lost, stolen and damaged all the time?
If it gets stolen or searched, no loss. Just buy the cheapest thing you find at an electronics store at the destination.
My old org kept a bunch of used thinkpads for this purpose. International travelers were prohibited from taking their work devices, just a loaner and a Remote Desktop client.
Wouldn't that be a hell of a lot simpler?
Wait, no, you're right, it's inherently dangerous. In fact, it's so dangerous, that in the past decade during which we've let people do just that, hundreds millions of people have died (Maybe some of that was old age, but we can't be sure it's not laptop-on-plane related).
Clearly something has to change.