I haven't flown since the Richard Reid shoe thing, but for the past couple years, I've been putting my shoes on the x-ray conveyor and getting lots of comments and stares, especially from security. Reason is I often leave my manufacturing clients with my dressy steel-toes on and found it faster to drop them on the x-ray belt than be wanded starting with my head down to my shoes. Does the shoe removal inspection now involve x-raying the shoes or just a visual once-over?