Airport Security Experiences

I've been on them a few years ago, as a visitor, and I suspect that's referring to the security checkpoints that you have to pass through. It's not like taking a bus or other public transit; the experience is closer to taking a plane across an international border.

Let us know how you get it through airport security.

wtf? what are they complaining about? this is just a common check, is basically on every decent airport.

These scans are theatre. Actual security is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1kJpHBn50 , and most people in the USA would not agree with this sort of checks.

I saw and opted out of a full body scanner in August on an international flight at LAX. What gives?

Reminds me of that time that I was visiting new york for the first time in my life.I was alone, I took only hand luggage and I was walking through either JFK or Newark- I went through passport control and was walking for what felt like 30 minutes, when I realised that an exit was very visible and there was a cab waiting; the only barrier was one of those clip/pull barriers that they use to segment queues.I asked a nearby cleaner if it was OK to exit because I didn't “feel” like I

I’m not the most frequent flier in the world, but I have never flown to a US airport without a precheck line. At worst, they’ve handed me a placard for the people manning the scanners saying I can leave my laptop in my bag and my shoes on through the standard metal detector.

I travel internationally and do not notice a stark difference between the security checkpoint procedures in the USA and in other countries. The only difference I can recall is having to stop for a few seconds in the millimeter scanner instead of just walking through a traditional gate, but this is hardly a major difference. Can you mention anything else?

That's strange, I flew from Toronto to Budapest through Munich, and Munich was by far the strictest security I encountered. They made my take off my shoes and sweatshirt.So it's maybe not "outside the US" just "in some places."

Domestic flights in the US are much better, yes. The other thing that's better is getting out of the US. I'm actually often heavily questioned on my way into the US. (And never on my way out.) That happens twice: once at the airport, once at customs. The airport one is much more cursory and they appear to be looking for whether you sweat. The customs one appears to be about telling a coherent story about who you are and where you've been. I actually don't mind this so much, although the customs