News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Security or theater: no electronics on international flights?. Parent comment

Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by ratsbane on Saturday December 26, 2009 @06:45PM (#1016419)
Charter flights fall under FAA Part 135 rules; scheduled flights are Part 121. With charter flights you don't have to put up with all of the passenger screening stuff. It's also surprisingly affordable if you are traveling with a group, e.g. a Gulfstream IV carries around 14 passengers and rents for about $6k/hour. A King Air 200 carries 6 or 7 about half as fast for around $1.5k/hour.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Security or theater: no electronics on international flig... by icey on Saturday December 26, 2009 @06:54PM (#1016433)
That's pretty interesting... Tony Hsieh made a funny joke about starting a "Zappos Airlines" at Startup School this year. Airlines are already notorious for terrible customer service, and if you add on all the ridiculousness of these new TSA rules (if true) then maybe there's some room for a little disruption. Of course, this assumes there are loopholes that can be taken advantage of.

I know I'll be flying a lot less if I can't use electronics internationally; and I'd certainly be willing to pay more money to make those flights if I could continue to use my gear when traveling.

[ Parent | on HN ]