Ah, COOL! Suddenly, packing becomes simpler!

[untermensche]

Now you don't have a book in your luggage.

You have this large metallic object.

So what? My laptop was a large metallic object.

Then they are going to ask you to open your bag.

You have accomplished nothing.

 

[bilby]

Conceivably you could line the hardcover of a book with lead paneling beneath the sleeve. Even so, who's going to even think to do that and why should airport security be so ridiculous as to counter harebrained ideas people like me come up with in the span of 60 seconds??

It is certainly hare-brain idea you got here, to think that having a lead case in the luggage would not spike interest of the TSA people.

Given that excess baggage is generally charged for by weight, I would avoid carrying any significant quantity of lead on a flight unless it was absolutely necessary.

 

[Keith&Co.]

It is certainly hare-brain idea you got here, to think that having a lead case in the luggage would not spike interest of the TSA people.

Given that excess baggage is generally charged for by weight, I would avoid carrying any significant quantity of lead on a flight unless it was absolutely necessary.

I've never had my carry-on weighed, as far as i know. Unless there's a scale in the x-ray machine? I'll have to ask the guys in the office that train the operators...

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Given that excess baggage is generally charged for by weight, I would avoid carrying any significant quantity of lead on a flight unless it was absolutely necessary.

I've never had my carry-on weighed, as far as i know. Unless there's a scale in the x-ray machine? I'll have to ask the guys in the office that train the operators...

US carry-ons aren't weighed. Some places they are.