Airport security is a farce.
DutyFree shops are selling what should not be in a plane, not even discussing the batteries.
The experience feel like an animal going to the slaughterhouse, except they don't put you to sleep yet.
They were very behind schedule from what I gathered from talking to people in line (it was my first time there).
They didn't even ask us to take our shoes off or go through the spinning metal thing or unpack electronics / liquids from our carry-ons.
I walked clean through with a do it yourself mBot robot kit[0] that wasn't in the box. It was just a bunch of loose parts thrown into a compartment of a backpack. I imagine from a random person's POV, this could have looked like a build your own bomb kit.
In the TSA's defense they did have a dog sniffing around the line. Not sure if that's standard. It was the first time I've flown since the TSA started.
They were very behind schedule from what I gathered from talking to people in line (it was my first time there).
They didn't even ask us to take our shoes off or go through the spinning metal thing or unpack electronics / liquids from our carry-ons.
I walked clean through with a do it yourself mBot robot kit[0] that wasn't in the box. It was just a bunch of loose parts thrown into a compartment of a backpack. I imagine from a random person's POV, this could have looked like a build your own bomb kit.
In the TSA's defense they did have a dog sniffing around the line. Not sure if that's standard. It was the first time I've flown since the TSA started.
[0]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1818505613/mbot-49-educ...