[rangibaby]

As a western person, the lack of invasive checks and procedures etc in Asia (live Japan, have travelled PRC HK Indonesia and Malaysia) was an eye opener for me.

In every case the security involved an X-ray for luggage and walking thru a metal detector. That was it.

Australia in 2014 otoh was nuts. I was taken aside and magic wanded at one airport, subject to a personal body scan (???) and patdown at another, and interrogated on my way out (apparently "company employee" was not an adequate description of my occupation).

Combined with other security theater like police leading dogs around at the gate, it made me not want to visit there again. It was scary!

[talmand]

Asia hasn't discovered, or have the need for, the security theater jobs program.

[posguy]

Seriously, instead of a New Deal with public infrastructure projects, we're spending to create make work jobs with the TSA.

[talmand]

Not only that, the security lines are now a security issue.