Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
Earlier today flew out of Gatwick. I was wearing leather shoes which contain small metal nails to attach the heel to the shoe so failed the arch and had to go for the X ray machine and manual hand search.
Security staff seemed insistent that *everything* including polymer banknotes and even used tissues covered in snot had to go through the X-ray machine.
I don't recall this policy being so tight before - or at least it wasn't when I flew out of Stansted about 3 weeks ago.
Is there something new at Gatwick or have they just been told by the police to be more strict because of a one-off bit of intelligence ?
The joys of air travel in 2018. Annoying, but perhaps reassuring. Especially when you are dealing with religious zealots who think their imaginary friend is better than someone elses imaginary friend!