Originally Posted by Superguy
Thanks for the info and welcome to FT! And thanks bambi for your insights too!
So light up shoes could cause a problem ... or is it only if they alarm? I could probably "borrow" that pair of shoes and take them to work. We have WTMDs for uncleared personnel. I've used them to check all my shoes, so I could just check his too.
We usually fly out of BWI, so I haven't noticed a special line for anyone but airline crew, but then again, I haven't had the need to pay attention before.
Another question regarding the secondaries ... my wife and I don't like to take our shoes off because the floors are really awful at BWI. I generally try to wear nonprofile shoes, so if one of us gets sent to the wanding pit for the swabbing, does the kid get anything too?
Thanks,
Super
Light up shoes, more often than not, do alarm. There are batteries in them. My own experience is that they don't on smaller shoes, but its better to be safe and put something else on him. If your wearing light up shoes, there are bigger issues than the batteries here.
I really don't think they'll swipe the babies shoes, but you can't be certain. We all know how the shoe policies differ at airports.