Originally Posted by GUWonder
But if you fly a non-US-based carrier the secondary screening and all those stupid questions from "contract" security -- which couldn't tell a monkey from a gorilla -- doesn't occur.
In MUC and FRA, all US bound pax have to undergo secondary screening, no matter what airline (LH or US flag carriers) they are flying. Sometimes, they even play the "shoe carnival", but in the end, lines are small (at least in MUC) and you don't really lose much time. They also have priority lines in MUC for secondary screening, but nobody seems to care about enforcing them.
Amazingly, the TSA screening in LAX is very nice and relaxed leaving from the TBIT, as the guys working at the International Terminal are consistently one of the best.