Opt out = Red flag
#31
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton GLD, Marriott Plat, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 2,872
I always opt-out. My only secondary screenings of my bags have been for hard drives (18 in a single carry-on bag, fully expected this) and leaving a full, 20oz pepsi bottle in my bag.
#32
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,425
and therefore the fact that it does happen to many people is therefore irrelevant? I guess they're just one-offs. Their bad luck to be at a particular airport with particular and evidently malicious staff.

