You have to take your shoes off, don't you?- USATODAY
Feb 1, 2005, 12:41 pm
#121
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Originally Posted by Bart
Who is going to pay for all of those disposable slippers? Also, who's going to clean up all of the discarded slippers left on the floor? (People will throw them away on the floor instead of any trash bins provided.)
Feb 1, 2005, 12:46 pm
#122
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Originally Posted by LessO2
I just redeemed mileage for a "free" ticket from DEN to PBI, including one connection each way at ORD. I am charged FOUR security fees when i get screened twice.
Feb 1, 2005, 3:46 pm
#123
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Originally Posted by Decomposing Screener
If your a selectee it will save you time though, often the screener wanding you will also check your bags. Otherwise we'll have to run the extra steps to check your shoes when you could already be in front of your bags.
Feb 1, 2005, 6:36 pm
#124
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Originally Posted by wahooflyer
But if your shoes have no metal and don't alarm the handwand, they don't have to be x-rayed even in secondary, just swabbed with an ETD. It's probably a wash as far as time goes, but I and many other people would prefer to keep my shoes on during the whole process.
Feb 2, 2005, 9:51 am
#125
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I love walking around in wet socks after the b******s make me take off my shoes.
Fly naked and carry nothing!
Fly naked and carry nothing!
Feb 10, 2005, 10:25 pm
#126
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Originally Posted by eyecue
That the shoe issue is heating up. TSA issued directives at our location that say we are not to tell passengers to remove all shoes. We look at them and see if they meet the criteria. If they do then we tell pax that it may save them time if they submit the shoes to x-ray exam. If they dont which is their right, they have to go for secondary screening based on the thickness of the sole. This is as of 12/7/04
So, again, TSA and zero consistency.
This is the same crew who gave me three different answers on photography at checkpoints a couple months ago. This is beyond absurd.
Feb 10, 2005, 10:45 pm
#127
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Originally Posted by jetsettergirl
I am a flight attendant. I have to go through security on a daily basis. Here is the situation, is there a complaint about taking your shoes off? I am not sure I understand what the big deal is? Listen, if TSA tells me to take my shoes off, no problem, I am the one in the air, not them! I have never had anyone tell me to take my shoes off, but I do. I first, do not want my shoes to set off the alarm, and I have to sit, and wait for someone to check me out. Second, as I said earlier, if someone says "This will possible save you time"...no problem.
Originally Posted by jetsettergirl
Third, as I said earlier, we are the ones flying, not them. Our security is important, isn't that the point of the screening in the first place?
Originally Posted by jetsettergirl
Hey as long as they are doing their job, I am safer, and so are you!