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When I was passing through Singapore once, two Americans in front of me started taking their shoes off right before the security check. The security officer gav

When I was passing through Singapore once, two Americans in front of me started taking their shoes off right before the security check. The security officer gave them a weird look and said they can put it back on because he uses a scanner and doesn't need to look inside everyones shoe. Fast forward 3 years and i'm reading comments on HN about double security check not being bad heh. Checked in bag is not free. Checked in bags also get manhandled unless you pay hefty to get the fragile tag and insurance. For someone cheap like me who carries a backpack which is free so far, the extra cost is my biggest concern. Hope something like this doesn't happen in domestic flights. Edit: typos

jacquesm 10y ago
> Checked in bag is not free. Checked in bags also get manhandled unless you pay hefty to get the fragile tag and insurance. Assuming it arrives at all... it could be a very expensive bag. And laptops in checked luggage is just asking for them to walk off. There is absolutely no way I'd check my laptop, then again, I'm not planning on going to the United States before the madness stops and if I would I probably would not fly through any country that this is all about. Even so, it does not strike me as a policy that has been thought about for a very long time. Having laptops in the passenger area means that if something bad does happen something could be done about it. Having them in the cargo compartment means that if a fire should start it could get quite bad before it gets noticed and the extinguisher gets used. If they're scared of bombs then they should not be on board at all, cargo hold or passenger compartment doesn't matter. So I really don't understand the point of this, maybe time will bring me to see the reasoning but right now I can't.

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When I was passing through Singapore once, two Americans in front of me started taking their shoes off right before the security check. The security officer gav

by itchyjunk 10y ago

jacquesm 10y ago
> Checked in bag is not free. Checked in bags also get manhandled unless you pay hefty to get the fragile tag and insurance. Assuming it arrives at all... it could be a very expensive bag. And laptops in checked luggage is just asking for them to walk off. There is absolutely no way I'd check my laptop, then again, I'm not planning on going to the United States before the madness stops and if I would I probably would not fly through any country that this is all about. Even so, it does not strike me as a policy that has been thought about for a very long time. Having laptops in the passenger area means that if something bad does happen something could be done about it. Having them in the cargo compartment means that if a fire should start it could get quite bad before it gets noticed and the extinguisher gets used. If they're scared of bombs then they should not be on board at all, cargo hold or passenger compartment doesn't matter. So I really don't understand the point of this, maybe time will bring me to see the reasoning but right now I can't.