"U.S. seeks to let air passengers keep shoes on"

I am less confident about this, but I believe that the authorities
decided not to prosecute her. I am pretty sure that she missed her
flight.

wrote:

I am less confident about this, but I believe that the authorities
decided not to prosecute her. I am pretty sure that she missed her
flight.


I don't they could get a conviction in the Bay Area.

On 12 Aug 2005 10:22:57 -0700 "Tchiowa" wrote:

:Binyamin Dissen wrote:
: On 11 Aug 2005 10:50:27 -0700 "Tchiowa" wrote:

: wrote:
: : U.S. seeks to let air passengers keep shoes on
: : The Department of Homeland Security is seeking new security screening
: : technology that would allow air travelers to board flights without
: : removing their shoes.
: : at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...1505-7240r.htm

: : How about x-ray shoes....

: :Interesting in that it seems like it's only domestic flights. I have
: :never been asked to take off my shoes on an international flight from
: :the US.

: That does not make a lot of sense.

: International flights, in the USA, typically depart from domestic terminals
: and the TSA goon at the metal detector does not know where you are going.

:"Typically"? No. I fly mostly from SFO. Definitely different terminals,
:gates, waiting areas, etc.

Including airlines that also fly domestic?

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Binyamin Dissen wrote:
wrote:
"Typically"? No. I fly mostly from SFO. Definitely different terminals,
gates, waiting areas, etc.

Including airlines that also fly domestic?

I've flown internationally on Northwest and United since the International
Terminal opened at SFO and in all cases the departure was from there rather
than the old building.

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Binyamin Dissen wrote:
On 12 Aug 2005 10:22:57 -0700 "Tchiowa" wrote:

:Binyamin Dissen wrote:
: On 11 Aug 2005 10:50:27 -0700 "Tchiowa" wrote:

: wrote:
: : U.S. seeks to let air passengers keep shoes on
: : The Department of Homeland Security is seeking new security screening
: : technology that would allow air travelers to board flights without
: : removing their shoes.
: : at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...1505-7240r.htm

: : How about x-ray shoes....

: :Interesting in that it seems like it's only domestic flights. I have
: :never been asked to take off my shoes on an international flight from
: :the US.

: That does not make a lot of sense.

: International flights, in the USA, typically depart from domestic terminals
: and the TSA goon at the metal detector does not know where you are going.

:"Typically"? No. I fly mostly from SFO. Definitely different terminals,
:gates, waiting areas, etc.

Including airlines that also fly domestic?

SFO has US flagged carriers that fly out of the int'l terminals.

I flew NW from SFO to NRT in March 2005.

When I went through security at the international terminal of SFO, I
was wearing my glasses, gym shorts, underpants, a t-shirt, socks, and
tennis shoes. I did not set off the metal detector alarm. I had to go
through secondary screening. I was told that this was because I had
not taken off my shoes.

On 14 Aug 2005 17:53:32 -0700 " wrote:

:I flew NW from SFO to NRT in March 2005.

:When I went through security at the international terminal of SFO, I
:was wearing my glasses, gym shorts, underpants, a t-shirt, socks, and
:tennis shoes. I did not set off the metal detector alarm. I had to go
:through secondary screening. I was told that this was because I had
:not taken off my shoes.

Just like EWR in most cases.

Did they strongly suggest that you remove your tennis shoes?

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Binyamin Dissen wrote:

On 14 Aug 2005 17:53:32 -0700 " wrote:

:I flew NW from SFO to NRT in March 2005.

:When I went through security at the international terminal of SFO, I
:was wearing my glasses, gym shorts, underpants, a t-shirt, socks, and
:tennis shoes. I did not set off the metal detector alarm. I had to go
:through secondary screening. I was told that this was because I had
:not taken off my shoes.

Just like EWR in most cases.

Did they strongly suggest that you remove your tennis shoes?


OR like SJC... "Removing your shoes is voluntarty...... but if you don't
remove your shoes you will go through secondary screening...." (which is
wherey you have to take off your shoes)

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:00:45 GMT mrtravel wrote:

:Binyamin Dissen wrote:

: On 14 Aug 2005 17:53:32 -0700 " wrote:

: :I flew NW from SFO to NRT in March 2005.

: :When I went through security at the international terminal of SFO, I
: :was wearing my glasses, gym shorts, underpants, a t-shirt, socks, and
: :tennis shoes. I did not set off the metal detector alarm. I had to go
: :through secondary screening. I was told that this was because I had
: :not taken off my shoes.

: Just like EWR in most cases.

: Did they strongly suggest that you remove your tennis shoes?

:OR like SJC... "Removing your shoes is voluntarty...... but if you don't
:remove your shoes you will go through secondary screening...." (which is
:wherey you have to take off your shoes)

Where they have chairs and you need not walk around with your feet
unprotected.

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I was replying to mrtravel who said that he was able to keep his shoes
on at the international terminal of SFO. See my earlier posting. I
get my secondary screenings in a private room with two TSA agents. The
shoes stay on, but they get wanded. I would rather spend the extra
minutes in private secondary screening than to take off my shoes to
satisfy their illogical and useless procedures.