Comments on: New Airport Security Laptop Rules: Simpler? Maybe! http://technologizer.com/2008/08/15/new-airport-security-laptop-rules-simpler-maybe/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:03:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Angela Gunn http://technologizer.com/2008/08/15/new-airport-security-laptop-rules-simpler-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Angela Gunn Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:01:10 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=911#comment-455 (reading last paragraph) Clearly things are going much better in the Bay Area than they are up here in Seattle; I'm *still* seeing folks who are dumbfounded by the liquids 3-1-1 system. OTOH, I also seem to encounter a lot of people who don't know to take off their jackets, and a month or so ago I watched some lady argue about whether she should get to carry her purse through the detector. (And Sea-Tac lately seems to be specializing in women who try to wear those buckle-festooned gladiator-type sandals though Security. Grr.) I don't hold out much hope for the new bag rules, since the sticking point with laptops still seems to be the training of the screener, but so far I'm pleasantly surprised by the experience-sorted lane system. People up here seem to be correctly assessing their own familiarity with checkpoint procedures and choosing the right lane, even though I'm sure the less frequent flyers must find the short, fast Black Diamond lanes mighty tempting. It is, at least, an efficient stage-management technique for the current airport security theater. Is that the experience of other travelers, I wonder? (reading last paragraph) Clearly things are going much better in the Bay Area than they are up here in Seattle; I’m *still* seeing folks who are dumbfounded by the liquids 3-1-1 system. OTOH, I also seem to encounter a lot of people who don’t know to take off their jackets, and a month or so ago I watched some lady argue about whether she should get to carry her purse through the detector. (And Sea-Tac lately seems to be specializing in women who try to wear those buckle-festooned gladiator-type sandals though Security. Grr.)

I don’t hold out much hope for the new bag rules, since the sticking point with laptops still seems to be the training of the screener, but so far I’m pleasantly surprised by the experience-sorted lane system. People up here seem to be correctly assessing their own familiarity with checkpoint procedures and choosing the right lane, even though I’m sure the less frequent flyers must find the short, fast Black Diamond lanes mighty tempting. It is, at least, an efficient stage-management technique for the current airport security theater. Is that the experience of other travelers, I wonder?

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