<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pjs:
I was just thinking this the other day ...........Kind of defeats the purpose of not allowing unticketed passengers through security.</font>
Keeping unticketed passengers out of secure areas may not be so much for "security" as it is intended to lessen the burden on the the already overwhelmed security checkpoints. The lines are long enough. Who need looky-loos and do-gooders adding to the lines, when there are acceptable options.
In my experience in the past month, those who go through security without ANY carry-on luggage are examined, and questioned, thoroughly. Again, slowing things down.
May a lengthy PROBE be your fate......