Airport Security

[-Soph-]

When I flew to N. Ireland over xmas, I borrowed my dads bag and he forgot to take his plyers out of it.

(I took it on as hand luggage so we could get out of the airport quicker - it was only a weekend away)

so yeah, I got it all pulled out and searched, all of my clothes haha, it realllly wasn't funny at the time.

[Decapitated!]

Sure could.


my belt always sets off the alarm, if I forget to take it off then it ALWAYS goes off.

my boots set it off too.

Hahaha.

i was wearing my studded belt once and it went off and that moment i went oh for god sake. I dident even mean to put it on

"What where you going to use this for"
a belt.
Why?
to hold my pants up ?

[Jamie!]

When I flew from Manchester a few weeks ago, the security was fairly relaxed. The alarm went off for my dad when he walked through, so this woman went to search him, but this man who worked there just said to let him through. But on the return flight from Malaga, we had to take off our belts/jewellery etc before walking through the thingy, and put them in a tray to be put through the x-ray thing along with our phones. Then we had to wait for ages while they checked everyones passports on this machine.

[Adam!]

When I flew from Manchester a few weeks ago, the security was fairly relaxed. The alarm went off for my dad when he walked through, so this woman went to search him, but this man who worked there just said to let him through. But on the return flight from Malaga, we had to take off our belts/jewellery etc before walking through the thingy, and put them in a tray to be put through the x-ray thing along with our phones. Then we had to wait for ages while they checked everyones passports on this machine.

Wouldn't happen.

A) A female would not approach a male with the intention to search him, it's not aloud, the same sex must search the same sex.

B) They wouldn't just let you through, if they did then I suggest you inform the CAA.

[-Soph-]

Hahaha.

i was wearing my studded belt once and it went off and that moment i went oh for god sake. I dident even mean to put it on

"What where you going to use this for"
a belt.
Why?
to hold my pants up ?

I always wear a studded belt too, and everytime I forget to take it off (unless I have a t-shirt where you can see it, and even then sometimes I forget if they don't tell me to take it off)

Wouldn't happen.

A) A female would not approach a male with the intention to search him, it's not aloud, the same sex must search the same sex.

B) They wouldn't just let you through, if they did then I suggest you inform the CAA.

It's not necessary a lie, even if it does sound a little far fetched, if someone posted about the situation in Phoenix before it was released in a news report everyone would most likely say i'm lying.

[DaveTaylor]

You can be searched from any age they do a 3rd person search usally or take your shoes off on every 3rd person, or everyone, or every 5 etc, it depends on how high the security risk is, on CNN they reported a secruity risk 3 days ago about blocks of clay and cheese with fake detenators on them, looks like people are planting decoys and testing the secruity obviously they got through and it worked which is worrying, but whilst I was sitting watching this i realised they make everyone queue up to get checked in or through secruity well look at heathrow on a busy day anyone could stroll in and set themselves of in seconds in a huge crowd of people before he/she goes through secruity, the airport is a huge risk itself now, I know some of you will tell me to shut up but face it, it's true

[-Soph-]

I watched that thing on CNN too.

Don't they take the shoes off everyone now?
when I flew to Phoenix and Chicago and JFK I had to take my shoes off all times (these were the last times I flew)

[DaveTaylor]

I read somewhere that a worldwide list was given out to all airports about what they should search on differant levels of risk and shoes where at the high level, I have been threatened to have my laptop opened before, that was when i went to houston on a high secruity day.

[Adam!]

In the UK, it's random people that get shoes x-rayed, not everyone!

But USA, it all seemed to relaxed in Sanford :S - This was January aswell when the security alert was high :S

[lAdmire]

Wow. That's horrible. They're just asking for someone to commit a terrorist attack, etc. For real. For all they know, an employee might be a terrorist undercover. Horrible.