Originally Posted by
DCA TSO
Different airports have different levels of security. You might be able to keep your flip-flops on at Hilton Head Airport or your Crocs on at Rutland Airport in Vermont, but at DCA, which is a "cat-x" (highest level of security) airport, you and every other passenger are required to remove your footware.
I thought after 8/10 last summer that the shoe carnival became mandatory at every airport.
Also, what does removing thin sole shoes do? It does nothing for security. You can't even stick anything in them. Another Great TSA IdeaŽ.
There is no excuse for a TSO to be verbally abusive toward any passenger. But you should know by now that in life you'll encounter alot of people who have attitude problems and try not to take it personally.
True. However, there's a difference between taking it personally and having to take it at all.