So someone asked you at some time in the past.
But we don't know what they asked or what the would have done if you had full batteries
?? Go back and read my original and it clearly states what they asked.
I'm not sure what inference we can draw from such patchy evidence.
Better than a comment that no-one cares as you made !! What I am illustrating by personal experience - is that Check In DID ask and I do not know what the solution may have been if I answered contrary to what they considered acceptable. But I do know this and witnessed it more than once : Passenger refused because Check In made decision.... (I do not imply that decision was about batterys .. it was other matters - but Check In denied flight).
However, I note that neither of those airlines mention a state of charge on their website where they specify their rules for batteries.
The rules may have changed or the personnel involved might have had a poor understanding of rules, or they may not have been concerned or you may have misunderstood.
Doesn't alter the fact that I was asked and that your reply to it was to imply I was making false post. In fact you now say ... I misunderstood !!
So large battery packs permanently fitted to 787 aircraft are somehow relevant to passenger carry-on of small batteries??
If there's a connection, it's not obvious.
Of course not - because YOU have now entered this snippet when no-one else has.
The battery rules for passengers are well-known but you seem to know much better than the authorities who wrote them and make them available to hundreds of thousands of passengers every day.
If you know much better and disagree with them, take it up with them.
You really have missed the boat ...
Check In interprets the rules and act as they consider appropriate. Don't believe me ? Well its true. Waving papers and arguing will 99% of the time only harden their attitude and have you banned from the flight for 'behaviour' ... seen it and know they can do.
It was not so long ago that 'Hover-Boards' were banned and there was no written documentation on this for a long time ... in fact later it was narrowed down to the LiPo batterys in them ... rules came about.
That's fine Nigel .. I was simply attempting to point out the discrepancies between your unique views and what actually happens in airports and on planes.
It seems that it isn't getting through.
Let me put this simply :
1. I have not said in any post here that LiPo's should be by RULE at storage or full discharged level.
2. I posted that I have been asked by two airlines about the charge state / carrying of LiPo / Lithium batterys. That at least one commented that it would be better at 'safe' storage level. Whether the airline has that rule is not the issue - the Check In said it.
3. I do not hold unique views on this, I follow the guidelines of the airlines I fly with - and I fly so often that I'm looking fwd to the day I can just relax and not have to go through airline security again.
