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Originally Posted by unclebilly
We are on our way home from a week at in the LA area where we took in Luft, Disney, and other family ‘stiff’… (if you know, you know).
On our flight out of LAX this afternoon, not ONE TIME did they ask for ID. Not once.
They confiscated our sunscreen at security but not one time did we have to verify who we were.
I had our passports out at security and was told by the security agent to put them away - we don’t need those. I told her that seems weird but ‘ok’.
Then at the bag check again (where they saved the world by confiscating our sunscreen), only the tickets were needed. Not even scanned.
Has the system become so entrenched in getting every one to take off their shoes that determining who is actually flying no longer matters?
Perhaps my notoriety as a prolific oilfield innovator proceeds me… somehow I doubt it. Not in LA anyway.
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I haven't flown in a few years, but my experience, both before and after 9/11 is that the experience can vary wildly from airport to airport. I feel like since 9/11, I've always had to show ID to get through security, and then again at the gate, but then I think recently, that dropped to only one of the two.
I've had folks confiscate stuff (it's been years). I try to never bring anything that they'd want to confiscate, but again, I think it's different at least airport to airport, if not depending upon the person/day.
Many, many years ago, I was flying out of the Phoenix area, IIRC. This was before things got really crazy, or maybe at the beginning.
I recommend that you take off your shoes, sir.
(first time I'd ever heard such a thing) Do I have to take them off?
No, but I recommend that you do.
But I don't have to?
No, but I recommend that you take them off.
If I have to then I will, but if I don't have to, then I'll leave them on.
what that meant was "yes, you have to, and if you don't, then we'll search your luggage, swab your hands, etc..." I didn't get my junk groped or anything, but they did a very thorough search. If they'd just said "yes, you have to take your shoes off..."
You can bet your ass that was the last time that I had that experience.