My pet peeve???
TSA rules. Not that I mind them but when they are enforced differently at every d@mn airport you go to.
Ferinstence...
I have a small Swiss Army knife in my toiletry bag. It usually travels with me in a small carry-on that, yes, will actually fit in the overhead bin. Depending on the airport, I've had it confiscated more times than not. This last go around, in PDX, I wound up having to mail my own d@mn pocket knife back to myself. The day earlier in RDD, the TSA guy saw it in the bag and zipped the bag back up. PHX...no prob. LGA...no prob. SFO...prob.
And why some airports demand picture ID and some don't??? Who the heck knows.
My last TSA/airport peeve is the one-way ticket.
"I'm sorry sir but the computer has randomly selected you for security screening."
No. It hasn't. It was programmed to pull out someone who bought a last minute and/or one-way ticket. See all those "S's" along the bottom? The nice lady at Horizon filled me in on the little secret. Having been a gov't pilot I did a lot of one-way travel. Yes...the gov't employee, white, late 30's, blond hair, blue eyed guy is sooooo a security threat. Meanwhile, the aforementioned, B.O. reeking Habib gets a free pass. (Kinda don't blame them on that one!)
BTW...TSA guys have NO sense of humor. I used to wear a brass belt buckle. Won't beep. Never has, never will. Brass don't beep. The guy said, "Take it off!"...just like that. I said, "Brass doesn't beep." He said, "It'll beep on my machine." I said, "I'll bet you 10 bucks it won't beep!" He glared at me and the security guard started to come over. I whipped the belt off, dropped it loudly on the belt walked through and said under my breath, "I just lost 10 bucks."
Security eyed me until I was at the gate!
Eric