Nothing much new to report on the airport security front from our trip to/from California. I have no idea how things might tighten when the balloon goes up in Iraq, but this trip was pretty much like previous ones.
Denver, I guess because of its controlled access to the concourses, no longer requires you to flash your ID when you board — just (still) when you get your tickets and when you get to the security gates.
Ontario, on the other hand, remains a good airport to carry on all your baggage. If you have anything to check, you still have to check in at the counter, then lug your own suitcases over to a long line to be run through the X-Ray Machine of Death, just as when that all started in January. All they’ve improved on is how the line is arranged in the terminal.
Odd…
Last week I went to Montrose, CO on a business trip. Not only did I have to show ID at the Ticket counter, and the Security Gate, but also at the Airline Gate prior to Boarding.
Also, In a bib to make me feel less secure:
At DIA I was able to walk through with my belt, Glasses, and my Steelshank-less shoes.
At Montrose (where there was 1 TSA person per 2 passengers), the Metal detector was set down at Rocky Flats Level (No Glasses, No Belt, and the eyelets in my shoes set it off).
It would be nice to see a uniform setting in these things acrossed the nation.
I agree about the equipment sensitivity. I’ve managed to figure out what I need to leave off to get through most places — no keys (of course), no change, remove cell phone and clip, and run the shoes through without asking. But there are still places where my belt, my watch, my something-or-another will set the machines off.
I dunno. Maybe it’s intentional, to make sure that nobody quite knows what will be “safe.” I doubt it, though.
Hey, Dave, did you see the latest issue of Peter Parker? The scene with Dr. Doom at the airport metal detector was a riot!
Heh. But not as good as when Aunt May and Peter flew out to California …
Our delivery truck was tied up for 6 hours at the base on Friday. That’s _our_ warning ‘something’s up’.
My parents (retirement aged) were wanded at the gate because they had one-way tickets. The very instant they passed they were immediately wisked into the plane. I guess this was to make sure no one gave them anything.
Well, I’m tentatively schedlued to fly to Houston some time next week. Should be … interesting.