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"Yes, I work in an Airport."

You may work in an airport, but your appeal to authority is not helping you now. Parent AC is right.

The Q Bag Tag is a permanent electronic bag tag designed to facilitate a faster and easier baggage check-in at domestic airports.*

There's no longer a need to attach a temporary bag tag each time you fly domestically - just drop your bags and go.

http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/q-bag-tag/global/en

They work fine, I've been using them for the past year or so.

I tend to fly on Australian domestic airlines, given where I live. I could find no airline which allows pets other than service dogs in the cabin. Just in case you want to check, I spotchecked Qantas, Virgin, Tiger and Jetstar. (The more "budget" airlines won't even take animals in the cargo hold.)

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/beforeYouTravel/dangerousGoods

Here's why: http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2006/07/18/laptop-batteries-suspect-in-plane-crash

Security people also tend to be generally suspicious of batteries, because they're essentially sealed packs of combinations of chemicals, with internal wiring and convenient external electrical contacts.

http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying/beforeYouTravel/dangerousGoods

Here's why: http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2006/07/18/laptop-batteries-suspect-in-plane-crash

Security people also tend to be generally suspicious of batteries, because they're essentially sealed packs of combinations of chemicals, with internal wiring and convenient external electrical contacts.

QANTAS,

Its written on the side of the damn plane

http://www.qantas.com.au/

I'm just waiting for Qantas (crash free since...well...forever) gets this on their 747-438 Longreach crafts. They're already putting in AC and PC power outlets for business class and progressively moving them backwards to accomodate your myriad of consumer electronics. Since my wife is Australian, when we fly back and forth it'd be great to have Wi-Fi to pass the time. The first 4 hours of the flight are interesting, but somewhere around hour 12 of the 14.5 to 15 hour flight to Sydney, you really think about opening a window for entertainment value.

Cross country I can see just wanting to have some booze and relax, but after that, it'd be nice to do something constructive.

I'm just waiting for Qantas (crash free since...well...forever) gets this on their 747-438 Longreach crafts. They're already putting in AC and PC power outlets for business class and progressively moving them backwards to accomodate your myriad of consumer electronics. Since my wife is Australian, when we fly back and forth it'd be great to have Wi-Fi to pass the time. The first 4 hours of the flight are interesting, but somewhere around hour 12 of the 14.5 to 15 hour flight to Sydney, you really think about opening a window for entertainment value.

Cross country I can see just wanting to have some booze and relax, but after that, it'd be nice to do something constructive.

I'm just waiting for Qantas (crash free since...well...forever) gets this on their 747-438 Longreach crafts. They're already putting in AC and PC power outlets for business class and progressively moving them backwards to accomodate your myriad of consumer electronics. Since my wife is Australian, when we fly back and forth it'd be great to have Wi-Fi to pass the time. The first 4 hours of the flight are interesting, but somewhere around hour 12 of the 14.5 to 15 hour flight to Sydney, you really think about opening a window for entertainment value.

Cross country I can see just wanting to have some booze and relax, but after that, it'd be nice to do something constructive.

Good news for United Airlines and Qantas Airways.

Everyone complains about web content they can't view without Windows IE but I never encounter any.