Disappearing TSA Padlocks...

[Juud]

Dulles is the pits.

Most USA airpoirts are deeply unsafe, maddeningly understaffed, run on window dressing security procedures executed by barely literate, ill-mannered, power mad sub-human so-called security personel.
And as La Flyblue wrote, the experience is exactly the same (and often worse) for us crew.

The 911 perps did after all take a few flying lessons, ergo all cockpit and cabin crew are potential terrorists and should be treated like the scum of the earth security risks we so obviously are.

This happened to me a few weeks back: link