[BRLTTY] Slightly OT: airport security and braille displays

[Keith Wessel]

Hi, all,

Apologies for a slightly off-topic posting, but I figured a community of
braille display users might be a good place to ask.

I often take my braille display with me when I travel by air, carrying it on
the plane with me. Every time I go through TSA airport security here in the
U.S., my display seems to get flagged for inspection by the TSA agents. It's
not a big deal. They check it out to make sure it's nothing that shouldn't
go on the plane, ask a couple questions, then send me and my display on my
way. It's just a mildly inconvenient delay for me and extra work for them.
Don't get me wrong; I'm glad they're doing their job and checking out an
unfamiliar object.

This has happened with both a focus 80 and Focus 40. I often travel with one
or the other. I used to leave the Focus 40 in my backpack, but that just
lead to my whole backpack being flagged.

Has anyone figured out a smooth way to get a braille display through airport
security?

Thanks,
Keith