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[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

But they don't do that until you check in for your flight-- I can hang out at the Fast Wok at La Guardia (or whatever the Chinese food spot there is) all day without having to take off my shoes. My point is, they don't search you until you check in for a flight. And unless I'm wrong, those flights are run by private companies. The discussion was about searches in public places, wasn't it?

That's not the case at any airports that I go to. At the airports that I go to such as Los Angeles Airport, you can't even get into the area where the restaurants are without going through the metal detector. The only place you can go without being searched is the ticket counter. You can't go any further than that without going throught the metal detector and being subject to search. I'm not even sure if you can go the gates without presenting a ticket any more. In the old days, if you had a friend that was landing, you could greet them at the gate. I'm not sure that you can even do this any more. I think you need a ticket to go to that area. I know that you have to go through the metal detectors to get to that part of the airport.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That's not the case at any airports that I go to. At the airports that I go to such as Los Angeles Airport, you can't even get into the area where the restaurants are without going through the metal detector. The only place you can go without being searched is the ticket counter. You can't go any further than that without going throught the metal detector and being subject to search. I'm not even sure if you can go the gates without presenting a ticket any more. In the old days, if you had a friend that was landing, you could greet them at the gate. I'm not sure that you can even do this any more. I think you need a ticket to go to that area. I know that you have to go through the metal detectors to get to that part of the airport.

you can't get to the gates at little rock unless you have a ticket. things have definitely changed.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That's not the case at any airports that I go to. At the airports that I go to such as Los Angeles Airport, you can't even get into the area where the restaurants are without going through the metal detector. The only place you can go without being searched is the ticket counter. You can't go any further than that without going throught the metal detector and being subject to search. I'm not even sure if you can go the gates without presenting a ticket any more. In the old days, if you had a friend that was landing, you could greet them at the gate. I'm not sure that you can even do this any more. I think you need a ticket to go to that area. I know that you have to go through the metal detectors to get to that part of the airport.

Probably depends on the airport.

I just flew into Fort Lauderdale from Providence and there are public areas where there is no checkpoint/security. You cannot get to a gate area without going through security and without having a boarding pass. I think the TSA people are doing a very good and important job.