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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Iif terrorists were actually that big of a threat they would simply blow up the massive security line out in front of security.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Schiphol Airport at least you keep your shoes on (not boots, shoes), and electronics can stay in your bag. The bag goes through a kind of MRI and that’s enough for them to see the difference vs older x-ray equipment. Pretty convenient

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, but now we cannot bring our water anymore. Any idea why that changed?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fun fact, in Europe you dont have to remove your shoes, yet noone has bombed any planes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Flew back from Mexico last week and got to keep my shoes on. We all survived

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's because you got lucky and boarded an Airbus.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately, it was a 737 Max. So maybe I got lucky.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but only because they didn't let you bring a water bottle! Imagine what would happen if you could just carry liquid onto the plane!!1!1!1!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ay least electronics in registered baggage is not a joke. Once we travelled with big group of scuba divers. And one diver had his torch in the cabin bag. It was wrapped into socks to prevent it from breaking. Some way the torch got turned on. (Scuba diving torches are really powerful, thus heat decently). As a result socks heated up and smoke appeared in the whole plane. Nobody had any idea where the smoke is coming from. The personnel was running back and forth trying to find where it comes from. Their arms were shaking. No result. Even though alcohol on board was only for extra charge, personnel started offering it for free to passengers (probably to calm them down).

Eventually one of scuba divers decided to check his cabin bag. After opening it the huge amount of smoke rushed out of the bag.

It ended up well. It's good that it wasn't in the baggage section of the plane, coz fire could have started in there.

So electronics in baggage prohibition is no joke.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I initially thought you meant like a cutting torch and was very concerned, but then remembered torch is also used to refer to flashlights/handheld lights lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...Which is something that TSA would fully allow onto the plane and might not even qualify as "electronics" to be removed during checkin.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

That's not dropping all the protocols, it's upgrading everyone to PreCheck

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Having kids was that moment for me. Let me tell you: with children you are allowed to take as much liquid as you want through security. Even boiling water, to prepare formula 😂

I was like "WHAT? Why do you take it away for other passengers?" Just so they have to buy shitty, overpriced beverages, or what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

pro tip, you are allowed to bring empty bottles that you can fill up in the bathroom sinks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I know. More and more airports even have water dispensers for that reason. But I've been to airports, where I'd rather not drink the tap water, be it for the taps themselves, the water quality or the water taste.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

That's because no parent would ever be a terrorist. What kind of a heartless monster would put their kids in danger?

terrorist organizations begin recruiting single mothers...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

America thrives off of marketing a sense of security. That's one of the ways they gain ownership of your soul and humanity.

I hear they are eating cats and dogs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What if a terrorist organization just recruits a straight christian white dude. I doubt TSA would check him too closely.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Hate to break it to you but straight Christian white dudes are pretty much THE demographic for domestic terrorist

Edit : I am a straight Christian white dude

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I am a straight Christian white dude

We get it you're looking for a job

You have to submit your CV and a cover letter as well as go on our website and fill out 500 little boxes all of which are answered by your CV.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Well as long as he's wearing a maga cap

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Security funding is just art funding filtered through fear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Of course. How do you think it worked before Dubya’s jobs program went into effect?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It also varies from airport to airport. I get frustrated when I travel because I always get yelled at by TSA agents for following the directions of the previous airport. Some places want all devices out. Some only want laptops. Some want the bag of travel liquids out in their gallon bag. Some allow you to leave them in. But they all act like I’m supposed to know what their particular rules are.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is based on the TYPE of scanner each checkpoint has and that frequently differs from airport to airport.

The problem is, most of THEM don't even know that, so yeah, you appear mind-bogglingly stupid to them and they look needlessly arcane and possibly deliberately cruel and rude to you.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (5 children)

But... Don't they deal with people from all over the country and world constantly? Ignorance can't be an excuse at that point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

It's the US, they don't really know about the rest of the world, and apparently a fair number of them aren't sure what New Mexico or DC actually are and whether people from there ought to be arrested or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

They're not thinking of it from your point of view, where you've come from any one of thousands of different airports with different rules.

They're thinking of it from their own point of view. Where they've been doing the same thing every day for years, with rules that don't change much if at all, and somehow every single motherfucker that comes through their line gets it wrong.

To be fair, having to repeatedly explain the same fairly simple rules over and over and over again to people who are just not getting it would wear pretty thin fairly quickly. But it's not really the fault of everyone else for not knowing that specific airport's specific rules.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

This is America. Ignorance is the goal.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

My last airport experience was being stuck in line while the TSA people extremely aggressively screamed at some very elderly Hispanic grandparents who didn't have great English or great hearing for a very long time. They genuinely were trying to do their best.

I get that it's frustrating or whatever but holy shit they do like power tripping stuff too I feel like. The elderly gentleman thought he was supposed to approach to show I.d. but they wanted him to go somewhere else and they treated him like he was going to be an active shooter or something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everybody lies. Airport XYZ let me keep my fully assembled IED why is it an issue here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You're right, the literally 1000s of people going through there daily all tell the same lie. I get you need to follow the protocols of your airport regardless of what another one does. But it would be pretty bloody obvious other ones actually are doing things differently.

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