Originally Posted by
scoow
Nah*... just terminal design by people who didn't conceive of the entire airport as a "secure facility". It wasn't that many years ago that you could walk through most of the airport without a ticket - or an ID.
And, FWIW, the new international terminal will (hopefully) solve the international arrivals security issue. I still haven't heard how you are supposed to get from the int'l terminal to the car rental facility, but hopefully they will work that out before opening day.
*But I agree wholeheartedly that you shouldn't have to be screened to leave the airport. Why they haven't found another way to permit you to exit the airport, I don't understand.
You hit the nail on the head. Several airports were designed before their was a significant security check. DFW... you were supposed to get out of a car or taxi right at your gate. MCI the same thing. And last but not least, the old Pan Am Worldport was not designed for security checkpoints!