4 ms·

Seems like the title sound be "why do people hate airports outside of China" or maybe "why do people hate old airports" USA doesn't have a monopoly on securi

Seems like the title sound be "why do people hate airports outside of China" or maybe "why do people hate old airports" USA doesn't have a monopoly on security theater, nor do they have a monopoly on long lines. Can our airports be better?absolutely but can so airports around the world. Banning TSA would be a huge step in the right direction.

howlingfantods 10y ago
I'd avoid conflating South/East Asia with China. The only airport the article cites in China is HK airport, and even that is ambiguous. In fact, actual Chinese airports are notorious for delay.
- dasil003 10y ago
  Yeah I was just gonna say, I went to Beijing for the first time, and as I was leaving I thought to myself, "well the line is long and insanely compacted (people crowding forward into every open nook and cranny within the cordon), but at least it's not going to have the American bullshit". And I was right in the sense that they don't make you take your shoes off or put you through the naked photo machine. However, the inconspicuous bag inspector literally disassembled my entire backpack, dumped everything out on the table in the most disorganized fashion possible, then literally walked away without saying a word leaving me 10 minutes to repack everything. That and they took away my post-security water on the jetway boarding the plane (apparently they only do this on US-bound flights though).
  - ajmurmann 10y ago
    I really don't understand the post-security water issue. I got in an argument with a security person at the Hong Kong airport over this. They claimed it's a requirement by the US government and showed me some document that described rules similar to what we see in the US. So I argued that they are reading the document wrong and got rather worked up till my wife started to pull me away because she was afraid I would get arrested.
ajdlinux 10y ago
In my experience Chinese airports are pretty horrendous. Here in Australia, airport security is quite reasonable and unless there's major disruption lines are always fairly short.

howlingfantods 10y ago

I'd avoid conflating South/East Asia with China. The only airport the article cites in China is HK airport, and even that is ambiguous. In fact, actual Chinese airports are notorious for delay.

dasil003 10y ago
Yeah I was just gonna say, I went to Beijing for the first time, and as I was leaving I thought to myself, "well the line is long and insanely compacted (people crowding forward into every open nook and cranny within the cordon), but at least it's not going to have the American bullshit". And I was right in the sense that they don't make you take your shoes off or put you through the naked photo machine. However, the inconspicuous bag inspector literally disassembled my entire backpack, dumped everything out on the table in the most disorganized fashion possible, then literally walked away without saying a word leaving me 10 minutes to repack everything. That and they took away my post-security water on the jetway boarding the plane (apparently they only do this on US-bound flights though).
- ajmurmann 10y ago
  I really don't understand the post-security water issue. I got in an argument with a security person at the Hong Kong airport over this. They claimed it's a requirement by the US government and showed me some document that described rules similar to what we see in the US. So I argued that they are reading the document wrong and got rather worked up till my wife started to pull me away because she was afraid I would get arrested.

ajdlinux 10y ago

In my experience Chinese airports are pretty horrendous. Here in Australia, airport security is quite reasonable and unless there's major disruption lines are always fairly short.