Originally Posted by
osxanalyst
So let me get this straight, you can elect not to go through the metal detector but you are required to remove your shoes? What kind of idiocy is this?
The idiocy would be to not get the shoes removed. How can anyone say that nothing was in the shoes or on the feet unless the shoes are checked seperately. A pat down is just that, testing the texture of objects compared to the feel of soft tissue. If the shoes are on, a person cant feel soft tissue.