Originally Posted by
Stoic
Paxed last week from LHR to EDI and back. On the way through T1 security the righthand queue was being required to remove shoes, the lefthand queue was not. Being of an age when putting shoes on and off is a hassle, I selected the "keep shoes on" security check.
As the requirement is to check 50% of shoes, surely the most effective approach is to ask all pax to take just one shoe off .....
Let's face it folks, just like we all get great satisfaction from doing a Greaser in a crosswind, the screeners get their satisfaction from screwing those who earn more than the do. I expect they keep a league table of how many pax they can reduce to tears per hour.