Originally Posted by
thegeneral
Do you seriously think that people in other countries are saying to themselves that they don't want to come to the US because they have to take off their shoes or actually check a bag?? They have to do similar things in their own countries. You should more be focusing on the customs/immigration barriers to entry for tourists than the TSA.
Well, not in most countries they don't.. But everytime a flight is to/from the US they have to check and double check everything. All these 'extra' security measurements originated from the US.
However, as I said, most countries do not have extremely 'thorough' check like gateway cities.. And it's much more friendlier and nicer than those of the USA.. Even in Changi!
Now, from my stand point; I don't really care about the security checks and what not, but sometimes the attitude is unbearable. I remember one time I was just asking a question and got barked at by TSA and the 'glare' got me scared.. That time was my first outbound trip alone from the US back to Indonesia and well, got treated like that really made me put on a defensive mode everytime I wanted to ask a TSA officer.
As a student that goes home twice a year and have moderate domestic flights inside the US, it's just hard keeping up with tight TSA security and so on.. Perhaps I might not understand why things are as is.. But I know very well that it's nicer flying in my home country and almost in any other countries that does not implement a very paranoid policy like the USA..