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I don't have a huge variety of airport experience, but after about 40 trips in the last three years it's an efficient security I value most. In Brussels Airpor

I don't have a huge variety of airport experience, but after about 40 trips in the last three years it's an efficient security I value most. In Brussels Airport there's a single security hall with a huge amount of lanes that are opened depending on demand. I've never had to wait more than a few minutes. You go to a "filling station" where the very large trays are automatically fed to the lower part of the station. Three people can put their things in trays in parallel. There's no operator at the machine, the images are checked centrally, and automatically pushed to the side when flagged. It's easy, modern and just completely frustration free. The rest of the Brussels Airport experience is a little different depending on which gates you're at (Schengen or non-Schengen) but still usually quite good in my opinion.

sneak 5y ago
Or just abolish the security theater that is the boarding search. The TSA misses the majority of weapons at their screening points, it is obvious to everyone that ~nobody permitted boarding wants to hijack planes, or planes would be hijacked all the time, and they aren't. The whole thing is a gigantic waste of time. Europe lets you keep your shoes on, in the US you have to get fingerprinted for Precheck to get to leave on your shoes and not get jammed into the naked scanner.
- Gibbon1 5y ago
  My belief is the American ruling class is terrified of the working and under classes. Airports are where they can't escape having to interact with ordinary people. And that's why security theater exists.
  - bobthepanda 5y ago
    The "American ruling class" are probably flying private out of Teterboro, not riding Spirit out of LaGuardia. Security theater was a pretty direct response to 9/11. Now no politician wants to roll it back lest they be the fall guy if another terrorist attack happens after that.
alamortsubite 5y ago
BRU does have an efficient "filling station" at security (I like that), though many other airports have similar setups. The train connection from Zaventem to Brussels is also excellent, and they're doing a great job with COVID testing right now.

sneak 5y ago

Or just abolish the security theater that is the boarding search. The TSA misses the majority of weapons at their screening points, it is obvious to everyone that ~nobody permitted boarding wants to hijack planes, or planes would be hijacked all the time, and they aren't. The whole thing is a gigantic waste of time. Europe lets you keep your shoes on, in the US you have to get fingerprinted for Precheck to get to leave on your shoes and not get jammed into the naked scanner.

Gibbon1 5y ago
My belief is the American ruling class is terrified of the working and under classes. Airports are where they can't escape having to interact with ordinary people. And that's why security theater exists.
- bobthepanda 5y ago
  The "American ruling class" are probably flying private out of Teterboro, not riding Spirit out of LaGuardia. Security theater was a pretty direct response to 9/11. Now no politician wants to roll it back lest they be the fall guy if another terrorist attack happens after that.

alamortsubite 5y ago

BRU does have an efficient "filling station" at security (I like that), though many other airports have similar setups. The train connection from Zaventem to Brussels is also excellent, and they're doing a great job with COVID testing right now.