Originally Posted by
SpicyCrab
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.
No, I already told you upthread that your Feb 2010 experience was beyond the normal secondary procedure. And I ascribe that to their being some sort of special circumstance that particular day. Normal procedure in China for US-bound flights is what I already told you, a relatively simple secondary bag search near the gate and wand/pat of selected passengers.
I've experienced similar secondary on nonstop flights to USA at NRT, ICN, BKK, HKG--and I'm sure it happens at the other airports I haven't personally been through. I've seen it on UA flight SIN-HKG because it was a US carrier. And NW/Delta has done secondaries on their own PEK-NRT segment for years...though often it's been done at manual stations just before check-in desks. I'm baffled why you think this a China issue.
As for your notion that intentional ultra-rigorous implementation of security by the Chinese would lead to massive passenger complaints that would then stop the US govt's policy or regulations--will you please re-read what you wrote again and think? This is China--why would it even occur to the Chinese officials that complaints from the peanut gallery would be able to change US government security regulations? The Chinese don't believe the inmates should be running the asylum anywhere, so to speak.
