Originally Posted by essxjay

OTOH, chaos could be played to one's advantage.

One could imagine a scenario such as the following. Using strategic spacing, a single traveler could lay down one Kippie at the leading edge of their possessions and another at the trailing edge (and maybe throw in the declared medical exclusions in the middle). It's not as if the screener has a clear indication where one pax's possessions end and another's begins.

Originally Posted by LessO2

essxjay points out a hole in the system. Would not suggest trying that at smaller airports, as many of them are way overstaffed and have plenty of screeners sitting around watching everything you do.