Originally Posted by
Ripper3785
How in the world can the US regulate the security procedures carried out by foreign flagged carriers and security personnel employed abroad?
On my flight HKG-SFO yesterday(CX), after the gate podium they had 20+ security people doing additional screening in the jetway. It went as follows..
The joke that you described is exactly the same as I experienced in SCL the other day. One quick cursory glance in my roller and my backpack, and I was on my way. I could have had anything in there and it wouldn't have mattered. Total, utter
Security Theater. Of course, when my items went through the normal x-ray machine at the regular security area, any credible threat items would have been discovered there.
I really wish all of these other countries would just tell the TSA and DHS a big, giant, and wet
F... U over this crap. I'm so sick of it it kills me.