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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @07:37AM (#20694427)
They absolutely should be criminally liable for risking the lives of everyone on board because they won't take a different laptop, or none, with them.

If the search is only 5% effective then the deterrent needs to be something you wouldn't risk a 5% chance of happening, year in prison, or a fine of 2 times your average annual income seems about right?

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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by adrianN on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @08:57AM (#20695022)
You mean something like dying a fiery death because your laptop caught fire on a plane?
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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by kd0amg on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:30AM (#20695906)
That's a lot rarer than a 5% chance. If 5% of these laptops exploded every few hours, there wouldn't be many of them left by now.
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Re:FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights by adrianN on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:54AM (#20696824)
If the actual negative effects are a lot rarer than 5%, then the expected punishment should probably also be lighter.
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