Originally Posted by
JoeW
By the way, and on-topic, isn't those security people in Amsterdam put there by US gov't? I do not like Schipol at all, so I try to avoid it, but i think i remember US security on gates for flights to the US.
When flying from other airports, I guess the airline is hiring their own security people for extra-screening of pax flying to the US.
The "security" people at AMS that do the questioning for say NW flights to the US are not a requirement under Dutch government laws/regulations; and while they do feed into interfaces with the US government (including electronically) they are not on the US government payroll.
Personally, I don't enjoy paying to have my time wasted with stupid questions from "security", "security" that provides no security and needs a miracle to even "get lucky".