Originally Posted by
Great_circle
Straight after check in I put wallet/watch/smartphone inside hand luggage in one go and take the plastic bag with liquids out, problem solved..
Yup mee to.
I actually have a hip replacement which I know for certain will set the detectors off unless they're defective. So there's no point in me having that stuff on anyway as it's always gonna get taken off me and rescanned.
So small stuff in carry on, and belt / shoes etc always off and into the crates too. Doesn't stop the machine going off, but it does cut to a bare minimum, irrespective of the airport I'm passing through, the time taken to get through whatever their second stage checks are.
Per the OP, I too agree that stealing seems implausible given the level of surveillence. But I guess nothing's for certain.