Originally Posted by indo79
I think SFO is one of the worst. Yesterday the priority line was 30-40 deep and I don’t believe they enforce the “priority” for everyone. And how is it that only SFO “recommends” that you take off your shoes, and if you don’t, you will automatically be singled out for secondary screening even if it does not cause the alarm to sound.
ORD, SNA, LAX, BOS, SJC does not “recommend” you to take off your shoes.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's a shoe carnival thread that recently noted that ORD is now a carnival, and my own experience last week confirmed it. You are now told going in that if you've got thick soles you'll have to remove your shoes. (T3/AA in my own experience)