Originally Posted by
studentff
I continue to wonder if the main reasons the TSA went to "all shoes off" after 8/10, even though shoes had nothing whatsoever to do with the supposed liquid threat, was to create a tangible "benefit" for registered travelers to coerce people into using this anti-privacy program.

I think the all shoes of had to do with the percieved benefit of the line moving faster.
It doesn't but they think it does.