Another US Air Travel thread

[steve]

Thank you gentlemen. Complications are the last thing I want when travelling, so I'll be extra careful. On a good note the initial checkin happens in Toronto, so I don't expect any anal probing or whatever else they can come up with.

Just be glad you don't go through Roswell, New Mexico. Those ETs are known for their anal probing

[DMS]

Just be glad you don't go through Roswell, New Mexico. Those ETs are known for their anal probing

Yeah, but he wouldn't remember it afterward!

[JLStorm]

I wouldnt sweat it much really. just checked everything like you said and you will be ok. I check my straights every time I fly (generally weekly) and have never once have a problem...other than when I accidentally tried to carry one on lol I dont have much experience in going international other than to london and I dont recall that being a problem. As far as your dress, dont sweat it, I usually wear steel toe motorcycle boots and a LOT of metal, I also refuse to take of my shoes or belt and get "wanded" its quck and often easier if you have to tie big heavy boots. I also check in with my concealed weapons permits as ID just to really piss them off lol

Through all that I have never once had a problem.

[FiReSTaRT]

Thanks Josh. I haven't done any air travel in about 2 years, they got more paranoid since then and I've never been to the States, so I wanted to make sure I made it to Santiago.

[JerseyLawyer]

IIRC, they have you take off your shoes so that they can x-ray the shoes to check for explosives (after the Richard Reed "shoe bomber" incident), rather than because they interfere with the metal detectors - though, as someone pointed out, shoes with steel shanks will make the thing go off. Take it from someone who spends a lot of time going through metal detectors at federal court houses.

Oh, by the way - the covering your belt with your hand thing doesn't work, either. And the precious metals in a ring aren't going to set the detector off.

I fly quite frequently myself, and have flown in lots of other countries (though I admit that I wasn't mad enough to fly Aeroflot - a friend who did said there's nothign quite so exhilarating as never knowing when you might fall out of the sky). Start worrying when not only do they ask how much you weigh, but have a scale on the tarmac next to the plane.

[Bruno]

Oh, by the way - the covering your belt with your hand thing doesn't work, either. And the precious metals in a ring aren't going to set the detector off.
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I noticed that from my wedding ring, but how then can they prevent someone from smuggling a platinum knife onboard?

[Wildtim]

I noticed that from my wedding ring, but how then can they prevent someone from smuggling a platinum knife onboard?

If you had enough platinum to make knives out of it, I'd think you would buy the plane not hijack it.