I kind of like the idea of proactively informing the relevant device owners. It doesn't need to be an update, but a tiny tool that comes with the next update / bugfix, is automatically installed, checks the serial against a local database and shows a daily reminder that the battery needs replacem...

Following your "no safe battery" approach, we'd need to ban all lithium battery powered devices from aircrafts, starting with pacemakers, hearing-aids, cellphones etc. We can't get rid of lithium batteries right now. So we got to deal with the faulty ones in an appropriate manner.

Although banning all is a simple policy, this is more than a massive annoyance to business travellers and it's way over the top. Banning 15" MacBooks, okay, simple enough. But banning all, just in case? And then: Can't there be a tamper-evident-sticker to be acquired at any Apple outlet, indicati...

There is an odd rule in Adelaide: While there is no international lounge, if flying internationally, the domestic business lounge access rules are replaced with these for international flights. Departing ADL to MEL, one could have a farewell beer with a mate at the lounge, however leaving to HKG:...

It pops up in the news every year, it's always the Greens - and it has never made it. Doesn't say anything about the future, but...