Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Give up additional information to TSA and you may get to keep your shoes on, your belt on, your Kippie bag in your luggage, not remove a light jacket, and get to leave your laptop in its case.
That is Pre-Check.
As I said earlier, those things should be the norm for everyone only escalating for alarms.
I fully agree that the Strip Search Machines are a very bad precedent and exceed minimally invasive administrative screening standards as has been ruled in court cases.
The bigger issue in my mind is the equal treatment of individuals by government. TSA has a history of not doing so.
I maintain and say it again, airport screening should be exactly the same for everyone who wishes to access the so-called sterile area, passengers, flight crew, airport workers, and TSA no difference.
Either the sterile area is secure or not and under TSA's policies the sterile area is anything but sterile.
Smart security does not treat everyone the same. The higher risk you are, the more scrutiny is paid. It's happened hundreds of times here, but I'll go back to it - look at TLV. Not everyone is treated the same. But the sterile area is certainly sterile. And no one removes shoes, liquids are allowed, belts stay on, computers can usually stay in the bag