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Originally Posted by GonnaCatchABig1
I can't stand it. It's PLAIN OUT STUPID. Anyone can pay to not be searched?!?! That's idiotic!!
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Well, not really.
First off, anyone can't be Pre-Check. Even if you pay you still have to prove your identity and pass a background check.
Even then, you don't just walk through. With Pre-Check you don't have to remove your shoes and belt and use a standard metal detector rather than the back scatter device. You also don't have to remove a laptop and liquids...I've been stopped several times for additional screening when something wasn't right.
Even with all that the screening is still more than pre-9/11.
I wouldn't think coercing a bomb onto a plane would be very successful anyway. Chances are that it would still get caught and as the person trying to get it though wouldn't be trained the odds of them being nervous and getting caught anyway would be higher. Then they rat out the bad guys...not likely.
-spence