Originally Posted by SJC ORD LDR
I thought the one benefit is that you don't get haraSSSSed at the airport. I read that somewhere (wish I remembered where). That was the one thing that was positive about the program.
I believe that is true, but taking your shoes off, taking your notebook out of your bag, not being able to carry liquids and gels - those things are starndard screening. My interpretation is that being on the list just means you won't have to go through secondaries of the SSSS sort. That's about it, and maybe a shorter line.
Since the time of TSA inception I've gone through checkpoints probably over 400 times and have had a SSSS twice I believe, so no big savings there.