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I was proud to be part of the mock passenger test days! The only time I've ever bought pen-knives through TSA (only to have to pick up a new fake participant script and return.)
How are their body cavity searches?
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I believe the other improvement people don't pay attention to is the new TSA scanners you don't have to take your laptop out.
Sounds like the same scanner tech that has been deployed at some Australian airports. Flying out of Melbourne 18 months ago and I'm getting ready to take my laptop and water bottle out. Nope, firmly told to keep it all in my bag. They still pulled me aside, but had a cool 3D model of the inside of my bag. Of course they ruin the efficiency advantage of that by then putting us through body scanners. If you're not in t…
I saw them look at my tiny notebook and go what is that then swiped it to the side and spun it around in a 3D space.
2 billion dollars to upgrade the airport wasn't just for the looks.
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I believe the other improvement people don't pay attention to is the new TSA scanners you don't have to take your laptop out.
If you had TSA Precheck -- which if you fly more than a couple of times a year is well worth it IMO -- then you already didn't need to take your laptop out (or shoes off). (On the other hand I see no point in CLEAR over Precheck)
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Does any of the famous carpet still remain? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_International_Airport...
Wow. That is an impressive rabbit hole to explore. > She also said that the Port of Portland "understand[s] that people have an emotional connection to the carpet". Not a phrase I expected to read today.
As any airport, it's still a horrible place that you can't even leave until you get to your destination. Think of it: the moment you get into your airport of departure, you become a hamster that enters a giant virtual tube that ends at the exit doors at your destination airport. You are not even allowed to go outside and breathe fresh air, like in hi-security prison. A prison with nice wooden ceilings though.
You can leave and re-enter just fine, unless you're in an airport in a different country which requires you to have a visa to enter.
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Is there any room for ornamentation in your view then? I'm afraid that your cause is dead in the water with that perspective.
You know how you feel when you walk into a pron theater? That is how you should feel when you walk into an airport.