Originally Posted by
mnredfox
Another +1 that you can blame this on the US rules/government. All other locations I've flown to from China internationally do not require additional checks. This is not a China thing.
That being said, not all pax going to the US are forced to go through additional checks last time I flew back to the US (Dec 2010), just some of the pax.
Agree not really a China Issue but perhaps they implemented this special US requirement in a rigorous manner to perhaps get passengers to complain to the US Govt and stop the process. I’m sure the Chinese have costs that are not recovered. Are all departures internationally headed to the US doing this, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East? If not, why single out China, I’ve found very good security there compared to some other international locations. I don’t recall it happening in NRT or Australia on outbound to US. Last time I flew from HKG to US, no secondary that I can recall. I missed out on testing the AA maiden PEK to ORD since the landing rights were stalled by China.