Should Lithium Batteries Be Banned from Flights?

Yet another sensationalistic "story" about air travel. Reactionary efforts now have us taking only small amounts of fluids and removing our shoes. Think about it. How many people have tried to bring explosives onto a plane in their shoe? One.
The batteries are safer in the checked luggage than they are in the hands of someone. Regardless, they don't pose that big of a threat. And it certainly isn't any more of a threat than the wine bottles in first class.

They won't ban them they will just charge $25 for each device or battery. Any reason why we all hate terrorists for what they have done to travel.

Actually, batteries are a very good means to start a fire. All an Obamanite would need is a small pile of paper (Skyway mag) and a paperclip to short the battery. Poof, boom, AHHHH! I like the flying naked idea.

this is more jawbone of a ass stupidity from the airlines and the government, A properly made lithium-ion battery , under very high quality QC procedures will never be a issue,
if the theory is that somone could rig, hotwire, or whatever something like a cell phone battery or any small Li type battery used in any portable electronics,
sure, if you were trained to do so, inclined and otherwise, absolutely. Is it likely.
I doubt it.

Mind you if you're on a plane and whip out some sort of thing which sorta looks like a cellphone battery and its wires or leads soldered to it, and its got alligator clips affixed to those wires ,
well I guess its time for the nearest good guy to spring into aciton and try to take care of business.
But then a proper screening would show this up, unless the person is hiding it where the sun never shines. Everyone remember the thing from pulp fiction where the POW hid the watch up his tush while he imprisoned in the Haoni hiltion there.
I assume theres some pulp fiction fans out there.

Aside from the fact that dealing with airlines, TSA and the lot is a gigantic pain in the butt, I do applaud the idea of Homeland Security and the TSA for trying to protect us.
HOWEVER, until they get off the political correctness kick and begin to PROFILE, the whole thing is a massive circle jerk and make work project. Every "terrorist" I've seen a picture of to date is a dark, swarthy middle-eastern type. That's the fact of the matter.
It may annoy some non-terrorists fitting this description, but what about the annoyance to the rest of us??

NOW IT'S TIME TO BAN WINGS ON PLANES AND BAN WINDOWS NEXT. THEN BAN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND PASSENGERS. WAY TO GO FFA AND WHOEVER ELSE.

First, let me comment on how INAPPROPRIATE the photograph that accompanies this story is...looks like a jet about to hit buildings. How SENSITIVE AOL!

Second, by all means take our batteries. You've already taken my contact lens solution (in a regulation sized bottle), a beautiful beaded outfit that I wore to a wedding (disappeared from my luggage and replaced with one of those TSA "notes" saying my bag had been searched) a necklace and bracelet (went missing after TSA saw it in my purse and "searched" it), made me partially disrobe when the scanner was malfnctioning, patted me down in an inappropriate way, and told me "too bad" when I missed my flight because of YOUR incompetence. So yea, go ahead and take my batteries...maybe you can install them in your brain in an effort to knock it out of "stupid" gear! On second thought, put them up your rear ends because that seems to be the only place any thought originates from the airlines.

People travel on planes to go on vacation. What do they take with them on vacation? Cameras!! What do those cameras run on batteries. This would be a rediculous law if passed. Enough is enough FAA.

this is another joke. first i am not ready to give up my fredoms that my uncles died in ww2 for. i have no fear of terriosts. they use this for everything they want to change. for that matter the last two terriost one tries to light c4 with a lighter and has no chance of doing it. then we have the guy sets his gentials on fire. if this is the training they are getting its great. the guy in times square didnot know what it takes to set off a propane tank. all these guys are jokes

Coming next: Naked flying. Seems to me, the only way to make passengers totally free from potential threats is to have everyone fly naked and have a 2nd plane carry all the bags and the like. Then again the airlines might have to issue blinders or eye covers--some of us might be too unnerving naked...lol