Riki Koenigsberg wrote:
> When I flew to Paris from JFK in NYC on American Airlines in June, many
passengers were called aside for further checking. Not only were
> shoes checked, but everyone wearing a jacket had to remove it before going
through the metal detector. Quite a few passengers were then
> checked with a wand, because the metal detector was very sensitive. I was
carrying a digital video camera, which was hand inspected and
> checked in several places with what I think was a chemical detector. My
conclusion was that, with the recent terrorist warnings, security has
> been stepped up dramatically, though it is possible that American is just
being very cautious. I flew El Al to Israel at the same time (connecting >
in Paris). Though they ususally have the tightest security, I found the
security checks at least as tight on American coming and going. So
> security checks when flying overseas may be considerably more rigorous
than for domestic flights.
I don't think it's a domestic/international thing. I don't fly
domestically very often, and my experiences (no shoe checks) were on recent
international flights (Chicago/Dallas/San Jose Costa Rica on American and
Chicago/Madrid/Marseille on Iberia). Maybe it's which airport you go
through?
Paul
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