from my understanding, you don't have to take off your shoes in the front, but if they want to check your shoes and you don't take them off... to the back you go, for a free wanding and patdown.

"if you don't take off your shoes here you have to be sent for extra screening"

"i don't have to take off my shoes"

"alright... right over here." [fill in the blank call for a check]

this isn't new people... 2+ years and counting.



if you don't take off your shoes, more often than not you're going to get "extra attention". wishful thinking aside, i wouldn't expect anything else.