I've given up more than emptying my pockets as I set off the detectors every time. But I just go through with a smile, as I watch them look at my shoes, etc. There seems to be no proactiveness amongst security staff or indeed the government, why on earth do they think the terorist scum will go for a shoe bomb next time? They won't, they'll try something else, totally different. Something that is not being checked for.
Was going to make some observations about some general airports, but thought better of it.
Personally I can deal with a pat down, however badly done, I find it harder to deal with luggage taking 1 hour from touchdown to the belts at LGW, and an Aviance bloke in a shabby shack telling me we hadn't been down an hour, and they couldn't unload whilst the plane is taxiing.