<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PDX1K:
After setting off every metal detector this week I walked through, removing my shoes 6 times, wanded up one side and down the other, "randomly" selected for gate screening I got to thinking that there must be an easier way. Somebody ought to design a line of footwear, belts etc, designed with the frequent traveler in mind. Care would be taken to eliminate virtually all metal. I suspect that the steel shank in my Nunn Bush shoes is part of my metal problem. I tried so hard to walk through without setting the thing off, I swear if you have two fillings in your teeth you're doomed.
Anyone know if some quick thinking entrepreneur has already thought of special traveler clothes for the new security world we face?
Doug</font>
I was flying a Shuttle flight from NYC-DC last week, and despite having no metal on me at all (with the sole exception of my zipper), I set the machine off. I could not believe it. These pants have never set off any metal detector anywhere in the world ... and I have worn them through 20+ airports around the world. Nothing on me set off the machine either.