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Originally Posted by New Hunter Okotoks
I have flown about 15 times in the last 2 years and the main problem that I have had is other passengers attitudes and incompetence. It generally takes a minimum of 10 minutes and sometimes well over an hour to clear security depending on which airport. Every airport security area has several posters indicating what is not allowed on flights. Yet on every, stinkin trip there is at least 1 and usually several people who have prohibited items and then put up a fuss. Why do people insist on carrying water bottles,manicure sets,costco sized hand cream,thermos of coffee,swiss army knives,leathermans etc, etc,etc. Then the people who are holding up the show always look at the line up of passengers and give that same stupid look indicating how ridiculous it is that they have to follow the rules!! And then they mumble crap about " Do I look like a Terrorist! Oh,do you really think I'm going to blow up a plane with a nail file!"
I feel like slapping them myself!! I feel like asking if they couldn't read or notice the half dozen giant sized posters while they were waiting in line for an hour! It really is no wonder that some of these security personnel seem impatient.
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Sad, but true.
As a pilot, I had to fly commercially a LOT with my last job (repositioning). There were countless times that I wanted to beyatch slap a traveller in line, due to a response similar to the above. Ridiculous.
It absolutely amazes me how ignorant people can be towards the security agents.
On the OTHER hand....
There is such inconsistency in security that it's laughable. Simple items that are missed in a large center (ie Vancouver) are scrutinized in places like Yellowknife and Whitehorse. Case in point, I forget a tube of Chapstick in my pocket. IN Vancouver, they could care less. In Whitehorse, I'll get the "tsk tsk" and waggle of a finger, coupled with a smirk as they throw it in the trash.
ANYHOW -
Security these days is ridiculous. I agree that security is needed but the lack of ability to profile (oh it's racist!!!) results in what we've seen lately, with an 82 year old woman with prosthetic boobs and a knee pin basically humiliated in public.
I hate to travel by air, and I'm a pilot, for crying out loud.
