I asked the ground crew: shouldn't we remove laptops etc? She looked at me sheepish and said, yeah, well sure you should....
and....
maybe I'm over estimating the risk but be interesting to hear what crew think
It might be a good idea to check the relevant airline’s current T&Cs and it’s policy with regard to carriage of Li batteries before getting on the wrong side of a possibly robust debate with gate staff about this.
Recent changes to the IATA regs now allow small Li-ion batteries such as those within laptops and cameras to be carried in checked/hold baggage, as long as they are within the “host device”, protected from turning on, and the device is turned off, not left in standby.......
Some airlines in Europe, both legacy and LoCo, are now using the new more permissive IATA rules, some have stuck with a total ban....