Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
I'm really confused why the TSA just doesn't dictate a 100% shoe removal policy. They have successfully social-engineered 90% of us to remove them anyway. Given that groping is now the high-visibility issue, I'll bet they could just mandate 100% shoe removal and nobody would even notice. Even if we did complain, they would just blow us off anyway.
That would seem to simplify the process. However, TSA seems to think foggy directives are best...which might explain why the procedures are so inconsistent from airport to airport.