After Michael Nygard's Internet blow-up regarding a TSA agent being unfamiliar with his new MacBook Air and delaying him from making a flight, the TSA has written a blog entry explaining its side of the case and stating that MacBook Air laptops are now allowed on board.

The entry cites that the new, rarely seen and ultra-thin laptop lacking a conventional hard drive in some cases (Nygard had the solid state hard drive model) was something TSA agents had yet to see. The blog also stated that TSA agents are in fact trained to look for anomalies, which the MacBook Air seemed to represent.

In this case, the agent was doing his job just as he was trained. What you, the traveler, make of that training is the next question.

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