Originally Posted by
GoingAway
I also have an issue here ... yes, there are people with hygiene issues but if I don't share said issues and bad habits, why should I have to be exposed to them via the stupidity of the screening process in its current form? This whole thing is so inane and wasteful.
I don't disagree with you as far as the screening process is concerned. You're absolutely right: there is a better way. Unfortunately, I don't see TSA seeking a better way. It's easier to stick with the status quo and just have everybody remove their shoes as opposed to leaving it up to the individual judgment of each screener whether a shoe fits a certain profile or not. Not a good answer, but I think it's a realistic one.
And I also agree that it will take something like a lawsuit, and probably as you pointed out the result of someone slipping on a floor, before TSA modifies this policy. That's the ugly part about the bureaucratic inertia that takes place once an agency is satisfied with its policies no matter how ridiculous it may be.
Fair enough?