<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by screenergal:
It's called "continuous screening" and is standard operating procedure for TSA. It happens, as stated, continuously so even during busy times if no alarms are set off these procedures occur. This is done so that those who might be scouring the airports for any sort of patterns in the screening process cannot establish one.</font>
This is done to keep idle hands busy and for no other reason at all. Instead of having "Thousands Standing Around" we have "Thousands Playing with Their Wands". Plus, I am sure it helps to prevent "Try Staying Awake" syndrome. As soon as the staff cuts begin, hopefully we will see less and less of this.
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[This message has been edited by tazi (edited 03-29-2003).]