Originally Posted by
studentff
Belts were and still are a new TSA obsession that started with the NoS. The "logic" behind belt removals applies to passengers going through the NoS, but it has turned into a 100% belt removal requirement at many stations regardless of whether a NoS is in play. Like most TSA obsessions, it gets worse over time and continues to lose whatever meaning it had at first.
Just wait until they start confiscating belts when someone figures out that
you can strangle a flight attendant with a belt to threaten the pilot to let you into the cockpit so you can fly the plane into a skyscraper ... never mind, they'll never think of that, so I'd better not give them any ideas.
Originally Posted by
studentff
You could almost see the guy's brain cell struggling to function.
He must have been a recent hire if his brain cell was still trying.
