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Old May 4, 2013, 8:40 pm
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timfountain
 
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Originally Posted by Kanis91
I just got done watching a show about London Gatwick's "new" (2011) security screening. I was amazed how simple and quick they have made the process. Automatic gates control passenger inflow and passengers can choose from any x-ray lane.

I have only flown through Gatwick once and this was before any of the ugrades were completed.

So why can't US airports have this style of security???

It's quick and mostly painless for the passengers.

I apologize if this has been debated before. I couldn't find anything via google search.
Well, it's automated, uses very few clerks and is efficient..... TSA/DHS would never, ever consider it!
Recall the first aim of the TSA is to employ as many people as possible, doing as little as possible, as inefficiently and opaquely as possible and at maximum expense to their customers (fliers and taxpayers).
It might appear that I am joking or making light of the current shambles that is the security theatre in the US, sadly I'm being serious.
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