Originally Posted by
gobluetwo
In my experience, WTMDs are generally NOT roped off, but blocked off by a TSA employee. I was at LGA last week and they enforced the same setup. The body scanner line was really long (I was still at the x-ray, which was also super-slow), so I asked the guy if they open up the metal detector lane when it gets backed up like this. Said no. A minute later, they opened it up and I walked through the WTMD. Go figure.
at PHL (B, C & E, at least) they're roped off. And when the AIT line gets slow, they open them up. At FLL, we were so backed up for AIT that they were holding up the ID check lines. Until they finally called for more help to open additional AIT.
Usually, they say it's because there was something blocking or blurring the image that needs to be resolved with a physical check caused by movement, multiple layers, or something else. Seems to defeat the purpose, but it is at least a focused patdown and not a full patdown.
Nope. EVERYONE went through the secondary pat down the sides, they even had the 'footprint' pads set up outside the AIT for you to move to. And i never saw any of the clerks change their gloves once.
That's just stupid. I agree that if they have the rule, it should be uniform. An x-ray of a drink doesn't tell you what it's made of, which is their rationale for having the rule in the first place.
Yep.
I've flown out of FLL a few times and never had to remove my tablet. I've only been asked to remove it once (at MSP, I think) in the last year, which includes at least 25 US airports.
And his carry-on is an electronics pouch - all that's in there is his kindle, his tablet, and his cell phone. It's smaller than a woman's purse.