In terms of airport security - its the Americans who are the worst - talk about the most stupid anal people who are completely incapable of using common sense! Its gone completely from one extreme to the other.
The moment the security machine goes off over there one is immediately treated as if one is a terrorist - shoes off, belt off etc etc all delivered in some sort of military boot camp fashion. And there's no form of profiling in the selection of victims either.
At IAD earlier this year it took two hours to get through the most incompetent security procedure I have ever seen. Its no wonder air traffic is struggling to recover if this is how the capital city's main airport handles itself!!
