Originally Posted by
exbayern
May I ask the same question I have asked for some time now? Why does the general public not appear to have an issue with TSA, and in fact many laud it for being 'better' than screening in other airports around the world?
I recently had a series of flights at various airports in the UK and western Europe after a relatively long spell of US domestic travel, and was again struck by the differences in approach (and frankly the peace, calm, logic, and civility was what stood out most)
I read so often online from the infrequent traveller how 'poor' non-US screening is, and how the screening is substandard to TSA. Yet it appears that they don't understand the facts, and only look to the outward top layer, and take shoes off and barking to mean 'better'. Why are more of them not questioning this?
I think that the general public just doesn't understand what a mistake TSA is. Most kettles that I see might be flying for the first time, or only fly once or twice per year. However, for frequent travelers such as most FTers, we find it a big nuisance. We may deal with TSA two-six times per week, and possible more often!
When I was in London, I flew out of LHR. What an easy screening process! All I had to do was take off my belt and I went right through the WTMD. It was a nice change from the normal TSA screening.