TSA Metal Dectectors
Aug 3, 2011, 3:46 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: ATL
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TSA Metal Dectectors
Is there a list of REQUIRED things that must be removed from a person before going through the TSA metal detectors? I'm trying to validate which items MUST be removed such has a belt, watch, etc. I contacted TSA without much luck. Thanks.
Aug 3, 2011, 3:52 pm
#2
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Boston
Posts: 821
Does it matter? The web site and policy will be out of date by the time you get to the airport, and you will do as the TSO says, or you will be asked if you want to fly. And it doesn't matter how it's done at other airports.
Aug 3, 2011, 4:19 pm
#3
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 172
Seems to me that it doesn't matter whether something is or isn't on a TSA list. You're taking a chance of alarming the detector and thus being subjected to a resolution patdown by having metal on your person. If you don't mind the patdown, then don't worry about your watch, belt, jewelry, whatever. If you prefer to avoid it when possible, just be aware that leaving metal stuff on increases the chance of the patdown.
Aug 3, 2011, 4:26 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,972
Nobody can answer how much metal your items have. And whether they'll alarm the detector is often a subtle function of geometry (so it matters where the item is). Most of us know from experience what alarms and what doesn't.