Originally Posted by TWAforever
The problem that I have had is that they suggest I take off my shoes, I decline explaining that there is no metal in them and I have been through 50 other airports without any problems. I walk through, DO NOT set off the detector and they still lead me to the secondary serach area and I do not have SSSS on my boarding pass.
If they ask you to spin, you spin. If they ask you to jump, you jump. If they ask you to take your shoes off, you take your shoes off. TSA will not discuss alternatives at the check points. Their demands often do not make sense to us, but they make sense to them. I have seen them past the wand up and down the legs of people in shorts!
The alternatives are not to fly or more secondary searches. Its your choice. When the war on terrorism stops being reactive, maybe more common sense will prevail. I am waiting for the laptop bomber to really mess with things.
