TSA expected to phase out shoe removal policy at airport security (tennessean.com)

Was the shoe removal policy really 2006? I remember being a teenager in 2004 and taking a flight, where I had to remove my shoes, and feeling like the terrorists won.

Now ask: what changed? Think about that.

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Active discussion on this post from a few hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44500315

At the Pittsburgh airport the guy at the conveyer belt for the luggage scanner told me to leave my shoes on, as he did for the person before me.

When we got to the body scanner the guy there told me to take my shoes off and put them on the luggage belt. Person before me walked right through with their shoes on.

Glad to see this Security Theater end.

20 years of stupidity. It took us that long to learn.

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44500315

How about they stop molesting me after going through the scanner? I promise you I’m not packing anything more dangerous than any average man.

No joke, the main reason I got TSA PreCheck was so I didn't have to take my shoes off. All the other benefits were just nice extra perks. It was a preposterous policy and I'm glad it's gone.