Originally Posted by goalie

they were wrong and they need to do what the tsa folks did at san (ua gates) yesterday (10/10).

me: "i'm wearing orthopedic shoes and orthotics"
tsa: "male assist, no alarm"
swab and go

pax who went thru the wtmd before me wearing a "frankenstein boot" (aka the post surgery walking boot like i used to have).

the person alarmed due to the metal on the boot.

the boot (which is removeable) stayed on and the pax rec'd full pat down and swab of the boot in various places and that was it. no questions were asked re: "can you remove it", "what happened" etc., other than the screener saying "it's gotta be tough travelling with the boot"

i asked for the tsa supe on duty and complimented him and his staff and told him that i wish all airports followed the std procedure they way his staff did ^.