Originally Posted by
CLEburger
I've never travelled in Israel, but have heard all about their serious outlook on airline security (with an equivalent track record of success). I'm interested to hear other travelers accounts of what the screening process was like there.
I somehow doubt they have a private security guard who sings instructions to the line, followed by the TSA guy who makes fun of your hometown NFL affiliation at the boarding pass checkpoint (both of whom I encountered the other morning at PHX-US Air A Concourse).
If possible, please share your stories of the Israeli system here.
It's not very different than it is in slower American airports (i.e. SAV).
If TLV saw the level of traffic that JFK/LAX/LGA/ATL/etc. see, it would be the same bureaucratic, inefficient, government monopoly mess that you have in the US.
Originally Posted by
Points Scrounger
I really would like to know WHY this issue keeps coming up: comparing the policy of a single, small country, with a limited number of flights, to the entire global security system?
Seriously. It's retarded.