Originally Posted by
PCTraveler
Flying back to the States. Inbound was swift and efficient, different story on the outbound. Everyone was fairly polite, it just seems like you could eliminate one of the security checks.
I don't recall the gate number but it was the UA flight to IAD last Sunday.
This is standard operating procedure for flights to the States from AMS and it happened to me at CDG, too. Can't remember from Manchester.
I was told that the gate screening is actually a requirement of the U.S. carrier (maybe they meant the government) for flights headed to the U.S.
It's never happened to me on intra-European flights.