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You missed a third. ‘Have never read the directions or warnings’. Should that be blamed on the product manufacturer?
Who cares when the "manufacturer" neither knows the rule nor sticks to them?
All the more reason to actually READ the rules and make preparations for the trip. Yet even seasoned flyers miss things occasionally and they have had hundreds of checkpoint screenings.
TSO's don't know the rules despite being in charge of enforcing them. I think a "seasoned traveler" gets a pass before a TSO.
Some belts will set off the WTMD, some wont. It’s a judgment call by the TSO as to if a particular belt might make it through or not. Sometimes we get it wrong, sometimes we don’t.
Most airports have an "all belts off" policy. I can't think of the last time a TSO was given a chance to make a judgement call. I've flown with a simple nylon belt with a plastic buckle, and I have to take it off every time. It's quite pathetic.