I don't know if their a pain in the a**. I really enjoy seeing them ask several times as to "since when can I not take a bottle of water or my nail clippers on the plane?" It only delays me 5-10 minutes when I'm behind them and their bags go through multiple times and they beep when they go through the magnetic thing, amazed at the fact that their belt sets it off...if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't spend time in line....