hoss72:
This thread started about taking shoes off going through security, why not buy shoes that do not trigger metal detecting arches?
That doesn't always help - I know my shoes won't trip a metal detector but that doesn't stop some airports from insisting on screening them anyway. At Stansted they've got a shoe x-ray machine between conventional security and the departure lounge so the x-ray people don't even know whether you passed the metal detector OK or not.