Barefoot in Denver

[A Squared]

Hey, what's up with passenger screening at Denver International? It appears to me that they require everyone (other than flightcrew in uniform) to remove thier shoes before going through the metal detector. I thought that TSA was only "reccomending" that you take off your shoes, and this seems to be how it works at all the other airports I've been through in the last couple of years. Is Denver on thier own program? Any comments?

 

[J.C.Airborne]

Hey, what's up with passenger screening at Denver International? It appears to me that they require everyone (other than flightcrew in uniform) to remove thier shoes before going through the metal detector. I thought that TSA was only "reccomending" that you take off your shoes, and this seems to be how it works at all the other airports I've been through in the last couple of years. Is Denver on thier own program? Any comments?

actually ive found that almost all the airports make you take off your shoes, if you leave them on...they just ask you to take them off. Denver is no exception by any means.

 

[Lazy8]

Same airports make you, others recommend... Denver makes you because it speeds up the line. If everyone had their shoes on half of them would be getting stopped by the metal detector slowing everything down. It's an efficiency thing.

grove

 

[twinbeech]

Yeah, but in DEN they are pricks about it. When nonreving out of uniform even with crew ID and tags all over your rollaboard and flight case they bust your chops about it. What difference does it make if you are in uniform or not? I go through metal detectors daily, so I bought shoes that won't make the darn thing go off. Woman got so huffy about it she made me go through special screening. I am sure the pax get a warm fuzzy feeling when the crews are being hassled.

 

[A Squared]

Yeah, but in DEN they are pricks about it. When nonreving out of uniform even with crew ID and tags all over your rollaboard and flight case they bust your chops about it. What difference does it make if you are in uniform or not? I go through metal detectors daily, so I bought shoes that won't make the darn thing go off. Woman got so huffy about it she made me go through special screening. I am sure the pax get a warm fuzzy feeling when the crews are being hassled.

Yeah, that's similar to my my experience. I wasn't in uniform (we don't have them) I walked up to the metal detector and some woman was making some noise about my shoes not being off. I din't realize that they considered it mandatory there and I just stepped thru the detector, which got her even more spooled up. They guy running the detector was cool, he looked at my id and said you're wearing your uniform, right (dark pants, blue sport coat, tie) I said ummm, yeah, sure so he told the dragon I was in uniform and waved me on.

It's a shame more of the security people aren't more like him and less like her.

 

[F9 Driver]

:nuts: Well the best way to bring consistency and efficiency to any system is to federalize it!

 

[Gorilla]

On a similar note, I recently showed up at DFW for a simple turn, which I do 14 times a month. I know the screeners, they know me.

I forgot my ID this day. I will never, ever, again forget my ID. They didn't accept the fact that "yeah, we know this guy, go ahead". I printed out a crew list for the flight, highlighted my name, showed them that along with a drivers license... nope, no dice. Finally I had to get my company involved to print a "temporary ID." Total buffoon act.