The Brutally Honest Airport Security Announcement
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2020
- We've all been put through the airport security meat grinder many times. This is the announcement many of us travelers wish someone would say. It would actually speed things up and make life a little better for the airport security staff.
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Doug Lansky is a TEDx and keynote speaker and advisor in the tourism industry. Find information about presentations at conferences (also virtual and webinars) for leading travel companies and destinations around the world at www.douglansky.com
we don’t actually do anything helpful we just stand there and intimidate terrorists into not doing bad stuff and making you feel the illusion of being safe
That is exactly what security theatre is. Then again they didn't explain what it is in the video so thanks...?
@@aidanpaul2745 Adam ruins the TSA pretty much explains it in full detail
@@drakkon2zshadowsz909 yea ik I live that series
I would say thats 40% true.
Oh man this makes me feel good.
I thought that this dude was a pilot now he is head of airport security
Soon a park ranger :-)
ReThinkingTourism 👀
@@rethinkingtourism4862 I'm looking forward for your new video! I've discovered your channel just some minutes ago - and I enjoyed them! Very informative!
he can do lots of different things
@@rethinkingtourism4862 He's a regular renaissance man.
The photo of the guy drinking his drink at the check-in was a drug dealer transporting meth in a liquid solution. He was asked to drink the drink as it was suspicious and immediately died of an overdose....you know, just so you know. **sad face**
Sauce?
Yeah its kinda tragic honestly, like yeah he was smuggling drugs but he didnt deserve to die.
@@smeechdog how have you spent any amount of time om the internet and dont know what sauce means
@@choke- Dude, I can only humbly apologise for my lack of knowings.
I am an old man, my bones are tired and I have lost touch.
Do not pity me!
@@smeechdog hope you love a happy life
Well done! One small addition: If you don’t know how a security checkpoint works, watch the video or read the signs plastered all around you as you wait. If that isn’t enough to hold your interest, observe what the people in front of you are doing. When it comes to security, we treat you all the same. So, if the man at the front of the line is taking off his belt…wait for it… then you are going to have to take yours off as well. If you get to the front of the line and are somehow surprised by what is expected, then you are the problem.
I actually made TSA mad by doing everything in the video. For some reason they were upset I took off my shoes and belt and when I went through the scan they didn't actually scan me. I was so prepared and was chastised for it big sad
@@ssgoko88 I highly doubt that last thing tsa wants to do is deal with slow people
@@supermman91 that sentence doesn't make any sense. What?
@@ssgoko88 what part didnt you understand? I'm confused.
@@ssgoko88 I can rewrite it with perfect grammar. I highly doubt that, last thing TSA wants to do is to deal with slow people.
Calling us idiots made it really feel like the TSA
A few years back when I was traveling I took an old bag that I thought I emptied prior .. Little did I know one of my knife was still in the bag .. I traveled throught 5 security checkpoints in deferent international airports and found out by myself when I got back home that nobody seen that..
Well that's fucking alarming one time when my cousins were going on holiday one of them put a knife in his sisters bag for a laugh hence to say the security were not laughing they ended up being allowed to fly
Lucky, that happened to me once but they found my knife and took it
How big a knife was it? If they see that it is small, like a pocket knife (rule of thumb is blade less than 5cm) they don't bother most of the time.
@@Brandis13 - my aunt had her favorite pair of nail scissors confiscated. They were tiny.
And she had them for 47 years. She was pissed. They might have given someone a good scratch! Maybe.
Can‘t speak for the US, but the 5cm rule is valid pretty much anywhere in Europe.
Besides, it‘s not just about terrorists. People sometimes just don‘t think what they are taking into the plane. We confiscated lots of fireworks, especially around holidays.
I fly from time to time...I don't wear belts, bring coins or anything that will set off alarms, I bring one carry on, my camera, the rest is checked. The CRAP I see people bringing on the plane and packing it in the overhead bins...needs to stop.
To try to fix the issue, you have to address root causes, such as fees and lost baggage, to understand why people do it. Checking bags used to be normal, until they charged extra for it. Even if checked bag fees were built into the ticket price, as long as people don't see them, they behave differently if they think they are getting it for free.
@@SoloRenegade This is true. After our luggage was misdirected and it took a few days to get it, I packed a carry on. That trip I had had no carry on. The next time we flew, I took one with underwear and other essentials. Still, it was backpack sized, not luggage sized.
@@singingstars5006 Even then, most places you can fly to, surely have facilities to purchase some essentials. I don't put any essentials in my carry-on. No need to. For that 1 in a 1000 chance my checked luggage gets lost for two days, I can get by with a locally bought pair of undies, and a disposable tooth brush set from a hotel.
I mean, slip on shoes, beltless or quick stretchy fabric belt, liquids and laptop ready to go at top of bag, and everything that goes in pockets already in your bag pocket. That's pretty much it.
Altho I've gotten a pat down bc the scanner went off on the fact that my jeans were cutting into my gut. And they guy looked me right in the eye and told me that's what happened. And then had to feel it.
"It failed to detect smuggled weapons and explosives at the airport security checkpoints 96 percent of the time..."
American teens bringing guns: *What airport is that again?*
All the airports, although the weapons were knives.
every
Why would American teens specifically bring guns? Also, you can bring a gun on a plane, you just have to declare it and it goes with your checked luggage.
@@chrisash7948 The point is that when the US did a PSA check, they managed to sneak weapons into the plane 96 present of the time.
literally walked through airport security twice with an airsoft gun I absentmindedly left in my carry-on bag. On the second security check, my bag was stopped... because it contained deodorant. [edit] this was last year btw
Why do all of these "brutally honest" videos sound like they're narrated by a divorced man who just found out his ex wife got engaged.
Close
@@rethinkingtourism4862 err husband?
@@nuhuh4564 who divorced his wife and got engaged to her again?
ReThinkingTourism oh, sorry.
More like a man who wants a divorce, but the divorce court was closed due to the pandemic.
This is great timing for all the huge crowds we're facing as we fly all over the place.
That’s hilarious. Good point tho
even is this was announced on an airport i wouldnt listen but now i am siting in my room bunking online classes and listening to this.
same
Why won't Trump defund the TSA swamp? NOW THAT'S a swamp for you to drain Trump or are you not really interesting in that and just wanted an excuse to poke at Obama so you can have YOUR world order?
Jai Shree Ram
Tip 3. If you have a pacemaker fitted check if the airport has a pacemaker line. Often they are quicker.
You also kinda need the special line to not risk dying from malfunction, so yeah, good idea, unironically.
@@DouViction Most modern ones are fine with modern equipment...but physical check is usually quicker.
I always though that airport security didn't actually hope to catch terrorists, just make them work a lot harder so that there are fewer attempts and they are more visible to intelligence agencies.
Yes that's pretty much it security theatre as he said
Yeah 9/11 security at JFK and Newark flunked i heard
100% spot on. TSA up until now has never catched a terrorist or foiled any terrorist threats and has miserably failed their audits. They are there to deter and make the illusion of a secured airport.
*caught* catched didn't trigger your spell check at all?
@@kantraxoikol6914 Given the fact that my keyboard is set up to use all the 3 languages that I speak, I'm not surprised the Google keyboard is not smart enough to differentiate. Lol.
I'm sure you could do better.
@@kantraxoikol6914 does it really matter bozo
@@kantraxoikol6914 Its true tho, theyve never catched anyone.
This one needs more views, only thing worse than queues is inefficient queues.
I thought the only thing worse than queues was people cutting in queues?
@@userequaltoNull you raise a good point, poor queue security and it's nasty side effect - line cutting - is the hallmark of an inefficient queue
I've flown way too often, i do even more than this. I pack with everything pre put in the clear plastic bag, tech at easy access and have it in my hand when i'm at the desk. I always put items on the belt in a sensible order, shoes/phone/coat first tray, then bag in second tray, then tech in third (always this order!) so when u need to put everything back together on the other side you don't get in the way, or slow down the belt!
Same thing here, makes life easier.
But then you still get picked for full scans and questioning, and thus holding up the line. All because an industry standard already extremely small amount of lens cleaning fluid, magically turned into something that showed on the machine as drugs or explosives.
After 1.000.000 of those bottles in any given week, you would expect machines to be a bit better calibrated wouldn't you. :S
@@VYR1985 You can calibrate all you like. But a liquid shows up as a liquid. And there are liquid drugs and explosives. There is no way to know what is in that bottle until you at least know what it says on the label. So no, this will likely never change. Trust me I have done cruise ship security for years and they use the same machines.
@@tkitsz *you can never really know what is in a bottle until you take a sample of the liquid and run tests on it, the labels are like most security jobs, fucking useless and counter-productive. Security checkpoints are death traps.
@@mgntstr What the fuck are you talking about? I never suggested anything of the sort.
All I am saying, is that a liquid (no matter what kind of fucking liquid!!) always shows up as a liquid on a security scanner. There is no way to differentiate between liquids. Water and chocolate milk look that same. Shampoo looks the same, deodorant looks the same. Let alone being able to test the liquid on substance. That is why airport security doesn't care about your water bottle, for them it is the same.
Yes you never truly know what is in liquid until you take it to a lab. Thank god companies are obligated to send the products to a lab to have it tested on content end then print that on a LABEL!!!!
So that not every citizen has to do their own fucking tests on everything!!!!!!!
Or are you one of those conspiracy fucks who think that all governments and companies lie all the time?
I do the same thing because my husband worked for TSA for 15 years and I usually travel with him. Lol
Here before this blows up
Pun intended?
@@santhoshsridhar5887 I definitely meant to do that...
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Security doesn't make me feel any more safe while traveling. In fact they're the second most loathed part of my travels. A well-maintained aircraft and satisfied/competent flight crew take care of my safety. Anything that's going to happen will be an inside job committed by somebody with airport ramp access. Look at the guy who stole that Q400 near Seattle.
It seems like back ground checks at some airports are a freaking joke.
Well put. I feel more secured if the FBI and CIA do their jobs. It's not the airport's job nor should they even try to be the CIA and FBI!
Well, you would be surprise what passengers try to carry inside the plane and also in cargo...
Airport security is not perfect as anything else but I much prefer to have them then not to have them. I trust them more than the passengers...
Nobody:
The absolute CHAD that has been waiting for this for 17 hours
Thank you for speaking out!
Sincerely,
HERBERT
Ex-Malaysia Airports Staff
To anyone who’s anxious don’t worry. The things that actually do stop terrorism attacks are more funding given to intelligence angencies since 911, reinforced blast proof cockpit doors, more air Marshall’s and security officers in airports, and the heightened awareness of passengers like you and I.
Exactly! So, let's keep those good ideas and get rid of the security theater. The basket of measures that we had prior to 9/11 (walking through an X-ray machine with shoes on and wallet in your pocket), plus the improved intelligence, reinforced cockpit doors, and heightened passenger awareness, is enough. It's practically impossible to carry out an attack (a) without any ferrous material (which would be detected by the metal detector) and (b) without other passengers noticing and stopping you.
911 was an inside job. Sorry to break it to you, but all the info is out there in plain sight.
Its true If you actually dig into things most plots are prevented and might make only might make a few lines on the news actually there is a list in Wikipedia showing this look up list of failed terrorist plots. These groups are heavily monitored and infiltrated. There was a funny one were a plot had been foiled and one of the planners was on the run he was originally from Syria actually given the situation there has been extremely few Syrians involved in terrorism .The police got a call and they found him hog tied after he tried to hide out with some Syrian refugees they were having none of that shit. Good communication with communities can go a long way.
Actually Air Marshals don’t do much. It’s Intelligence work that matters.
Actually that cockpit reinforced doors have made it possible for that suicidal germanwings copilot to crash the full plane with passengers when the other pilot went to the toilet.
I once had a six-inch full tang knife in my carry on (because I forgot about it from a camping trip) it went thru security AND international customs (USA to Canada flight) and no security in either country batted an eye. So ya I boarded a plane with a six-inch stabber by accident. Let that sink in I didn't even have to try a and I got a large knife onto a plane. Though if you want to give them the credit 2 years earlier they did find a 1.5-inch pocket knife that was missing both handles and rusted shut in my bag. They acted really proud of themselves for finding what was in essence a metal rock.
I'm always watching the people ahead to see what they're doing and prepare accordingly. It always amazes me how other people seem so surprised when it's their time to go through the checkpoint even though they've likely been standing there for 20 minutes with nothing better to do but look around. What? I have to take my shoes off? I just thought everyone that went through ahead of me felt like changing their socks or something. How was I supposed to know?
Ding! A light goes on in their head when this happens. They are lost in Kratum land.
God, do I ever LOVE brutal honesty!
It's very authentic and the shock of the others around me never fails to amuse!!!Great way to enjoy my Sunday - Thanks! Shared!
FYI @ 1:51 the dude drinking the bottle that looks like a 40, died. The bottle had liquid meth and the agent made him drink it and the kid didn’t know better. It’s crazy how he just put it in the video.
Can we get one explaining why the hell we board airplanes from front to back? We board front to back so that the entire line has to stop every time anyone reaches their seat. It takes more time any time that someone has taken the aisle seat and now has to get up and let the other person in. We should start by marching all the window seats the length of the plane, and let all the window people take their seats all at once. Then the middle seats, then the aisles. This would speed up the boarding process by 100% to 200%, based on various experiments people have run.
You always end your videos giving us a huuuge and wiiiiide smile. Thank u.
Ah, yes. I don't feel like traveling anymore.
TSA has literally prevented nothing. TSA doesnt make me feel safe. And i will continue to give them a hard time at their purposeless job.
Giving them a hard time on principle only slows things down for everyone else. Get active with your local and federal legislators if you want to change things.
Hah, now I know where those super-cheap, "discounted" perfumes they're selling at a store near the airport came from. Thanks, tourists!
Your "the honest...." videos are great.
I'm already looking forward to the next one.
This video should have at least 4 billion views.
Here’s a third secret: TSA precheck. Yes, that includes those of you with global entry, nexus, and sentry cards and yes, military that includes you whether traveling for business or not. That will potentially save you some time. Yes there will be times when you’ll not get precheck on your boarding pass and yes there will be times when you go through security when precheck isn’t open, but they will still see precheck on your pass and modify some things for ya.
I forgot that I had 2 full bottles of water at the bottom of my backpack and made it through TSA. On the return trip they discovered the bottles only because they thought my external battery pack was a bomb and I had to get searched.
I have a FIFO job and fly roughly twice in 10 days. Totally agree with this.
Never queue behind old people & people with child. You will regret it. Find a queue with people in suites if possible. They usually go really quick at the security. Each person takes 10-20 secs. You will see how their muscle memory helps them there.
What an awesome display of respect for an air travelers time Doug. God bless you.
I was tagged by a sniffer dog and had to pull my whole backpack apart to find the apple core I hadn't finished with ( no nearby bin). But coming thru customs one day with vacuum packed beef jerky...the sniffer dog didn't smell it, and I just volunteered I had it. So...keeping Australia safe...from apple cores.
So, one of the solutions is just to profile, haha.
Yes, but people who are profiled OFTEN ENOUGH might turn on society and be tempted to "make the suspicion REAL this time" so..... it's all a calculation of what works best in the long run, I'm afraid :)
The safest airport has extreme racial profiling, but damn does it work. It's somewhere in the east, Wendover Productions has a video about it.
@Scott Happy I got to see that one...
I guess is is important to consider many things:
- the local danger (how dangerous is the situation)
- the personal cost for inocent people profiled
- does the SIDE EFFECT (racial tension) cause more harm than the profiling solves? ...
It is not JUST a cost/benefit analysis either: the quality of life and dignity of innocent people can't just be ignored (let's not be so patient with injustice suffered by others...to quote a Norwegian poet) Also: Peace without JUSTICE is a bad idea! ... (Martin Luther King)
I guess if you hold a gun to a lot of peoples head they won't do anything (right there and then), but, perhaps people respond ELSEWHERE and in OTHER WAYS
I can see the benefit in an emergency, but OVER TIME, one should seek BETTER solutions, I think :)
Also:
Watch out for "divide and conquer" people. That is people, like president Trump, who get support among the majority by stirring up trouble with minorities and then he blames them when they react..., instead of working for healing and a balanced approach...
@@busylivingnotdying I found the video, its czcams.com/video/1Y1kJpHBn50/video.html.
Airports in Isreal will have an intense interview upon arrival to check for suspicious behavior, but another large factor is how the person looks. Each person gets a risk factor from 1-6 and 1s are only given to Israeli citizens, and 5s and 6s are commonly given to Arabs. Extra points if you're male!
The specific Airport covered in the video has had a single hijacking in its history, which resulted in no deaths. Not saying its remotely ethical, but it works, alright.
Scott Happy Thanks I’ll check it out 👍
There's a third tip: You can register for TSA PreCheck. It's a $85, 5 year membership where TSA does a background check on you and then anytime you are at an airport, once they see you are in their system you get to go through an express security line, which is just a standard metal detector and x-ray but no removal of belts, laptops, shoes, etc. Usually takes about 20min while everyone else spends an hour waiting on the regular line.
Aka, a way to force you to give up your privacy for convenience. Just so you know you're playing right into the establishment's hands. Get everybody to voluntarily register into the system. Diabolically clever, don't you think?
@@krane15 I've already been arrested 5 times. I'm already in their system. Never convicted luckily so it doesn't matter to me.
@DoomFinger511 - as one who has TSA-PreCheck; it's become a joke; often the PreCheck line is longer than the non-PreCheck line. Or- this is also a favorite- you have to walk 20 or more gates to the next Pre-Check.
Aren't you still waiting for everyone else though?
@@DarkEagle-vx9hd I just went on a flight last week at JFK and DFW (dallas). I went through a completely different line (which was empty). Didn't have to take off my shoes or belt. Just put my stuff on the x-ray belt, walked through a metal detector (skipped the body scanner) and was done.
Thank you for your honesty and the AWESOME job y'all do!
Cheers for the vids, too! Liked & Subbed
in some middle eastern countries, when you check in, you get a sticker with a number on it, stuck to your passport, and when the airport security checks you, that number tells them how high risk you are. if you are a child, disabled, etc. your number will be lower because your likelyhood of being on that plane for devious intentions are lower, but if you are fit, young, often times male, and single, your number tends to be higher
I WAITED 8 hours until I could watch this..........................
Excellent in every way,thank you.
"Security" once tried to stop me taking some sandwiches, crisps & cookies into a stadium once... Not even on an overseas flight where there might be problems with contaminated dairy etc.
At that point I lost all respect for "security". There was NOTHING about it on the information given before hand and I wasn't about to hand over all my food so they could eat it later.
Nearly everyone in the queue had brought food with them, so we started a picnic with the group behind us and pretty much every following group, right in front of the checkpoint. There was at least about 100 people sitting down to eat their lunch in protest to the stadium trying to coerce people to buy their over-priced food and calling it "safety". Eventually the guards relented and we were allowed in when they realised practically everyone in the queue was joining in so they couldn't get us to go to the back or make us feel bad for holding up other people (since they were picnicking too).
Honestly I'd love to hear this dude speak over the intercoms at an airport!
I always wear shoes that are easy to take off and put on.
I'm addicted to all these videos now great job👍
"A quote from a video we all just watched"
the fact is that all "security" and "safety" inconveniences the majority who are not planning on doing anything illegal or dangerous, it often actually misses the real culprits. in the days of very little security there were some hijackings, bombings etc but people flew knowing the risk. Now we are all (in the western world) much more risk averse so wont accept the tiniest amount of risk thus we need the "false sense of security". Generally speaking, outside of war zones we are all much much safer than previous generations.
Our risk aversion has been strangling us for years. ....And it's getting way worse fast.
This is why I always choose to go everywhere by train instead of flying.
how about when you need to cross an ocean
@@Alexis-nd9kw A submarine? Amtrak Submersibles!
@@kylehill3643 lol Nice
That's because the Americas are the only land masses in the world, but if there is no train to South America...too bad!
Flying is safer than going by train
This is not how it works, every time you get to an airport, they scream instructions that differ from your last airport: "keep your shoes on", "remove your shoes", "remove you iPad from the bag", "keep your computer in the bag", "keep your belt"(that was a weird one in Boston), "remove your watch". You're just baffled every time you had prepared something.
Why am I not hearing this at airports?
Because you're poor and don't travel often.
@@limbosvi6983 bruh y u gotta be like dat
Because it's smart and it makes people making these mistakes feel even more stupid than they already are, and they'll complain about why they're not stupid and the airport is rude and they'll sue (only in the US though) and they'll make a scene and make everyone feel really smart. So it's not politically correct to point out someone's stupidity.
You hear it from the ones that actually want to make your day easier.
Because they don't want to feel embarrassed and whatever else they are hiding will come out with more questions asked? It's like the one quote from It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad world when the chief officer did the pension quote and said "There's enough evidence to put you,you 2/3rds of this force including me in prison for life unless you get the pension!"
This needs more views
I just wish TSA could tell me why I am "randomly selected" for special screening about 1/3 of the time I go through security. I have TSA precheck and a medical device that flunks the x-ray. Could they at least let me pick a cute agent to get patted down by?
I call them Security Theatre.
Lmao I remember flying from Iceland to Newyork I got sent to special screening now I don't know for sure but I think what happened as when I was buying Whiskey in the duty free I think the cashier thought I looked high or something and marked my boarding pass with a yea check this guys stuff ty so anyway I got 2 bottles of whiskey from 2 different duty free airports don't ask anyway I'm worried there gonna take one of them off me thankfully that was not the case so what did happen ? Absolutely nothing they just checked my bag did some kind of quick clothes swab and I was on my way
I used to carry pepper spray on my keyring in my purse. It went through the x-ray machine in Tampa and JFK. No one caught it, and I did not even think about it until a few weeks after the trip.
Fast-forward a few years, and I take a trip from Tampa to LAX and back. Same thing happened! I forgot it was on there and it got through security coming and going. It wasn't even a discrete thing. It looks exactly like what it is - a little bottle of pepper spray on a key ring.
It didn't make me feel good that someone could accidentally get pepper spray through security in three of our country's major international airports.
In college I used my hiking backpack as my cary-on and accidentally went from Ohare to Dulles and back with a 5" Damascus steel fixed blade skinner knife, multi-tool, a 4" foldable knife, and 8 ounces of Patchouli oil. The oil and the fixed blade were in the mesh water bottle pouch on the side. Yet security made me go through the nudie scanner 2x because I had an old Trident wrapper in my pocket.
LOL - I have been putting all my metal crap (watch, etc.) in a pocket in my laptop bag during the queue for years now. Seems so obvious to me.
Finally someone who thanks us for the booze and perfume..
I remember when I was leaving the uk they had a sign to put stuff like shoes, belts, jackets and all that in the containers so as a good citizen that listens i put my shoes in the tray. Then the security guy started getting so mad because "don't you see on the sign? You're supposed to put your BOOTS in the container not your sneakers" I'm like yeah okay I guess you should also write out a whole list of which brands I have to put in the tray and which I don't 🙃
Excellent...
When are we going to get the X-Ray scanners used in 1990s Total Recall.
*Failed! You forgot..."You MUST throw your BOMB (Coke, water, Pepsi, Mnt Dew etc) into a trashcan nearby, where if in fact it is a BOMB can kill us all efficiently BEFORE damaging expensive Aircraft. Thank you* .
Loved the info...didn't like the tone. I will for sure be speeding up my time through with the suggestions you mentioned
Love the Maddog Dragon Soup Buckfast carry out at 2:06.
I went through Arlanda yesterday. I overslept, I woke up 2 hours before my flight, I went straight to the airport, & checked in half an hour before my flight. I did everything you're supposed to do in security (in other words I put everything metal into my jacket & put it on a tray), & I still didn't make my plane.
Here's the reason I hate airports:
If you're at the airport half an hour before your flight (maybe longer if it's a giant airport), then it should be the airport's responsibility to get you on your plane, because if you don't it's more likely to be the airport's fault than yours. But no. Airports don't take responsibility, because that would encourage people to arrive later & miss out on shopping in the bazaar. You'd have to be very gullible to actually believe that your airport cared about you; if they did, you wouldn't have to walk through that bazaar.
One question: did you complain? If not, you need to send them the message you just posted for us. I have one rule when it comes to the service industry, if your incompetence makes me wait and disrupts my life, I'm going to make it my duty to return the favor.
Of course they don't take responsibility. They blame someone else whenever they can. I complained to airport management when I arrived on a late flight and found three restrooms closed for cleaning at the same time. In response, they said words to the effect of "it's not our fault; the airlines maintain the restrooms in the terminal, so complain to them". I asked TSA if they could tell me when the floor was last mopped, since they were making me take my shoes off. In response, they said they didn't know because a different group was responsible for the cleaning.
@@Mpg-gh5fq Most airports employ staff at arms' length through several different outsourcing companies so that if one's workforce strikes, the other can come to the rescue. This results in a horrible lack of coördination to which the management's attitude is "if it isn't safety-critical it doesn't matter".
I mean it sucks you overslept and I'm opposed to TSA but the idea that it's the airlines fault is an asinine idea that a Karen would love. Everyone knows how long it takes to get through the airport, if you get there late that's no one's fault but your own. What is the airport supposed to do in that situation? Let you cut the queues? Not put you through a security check?
@@nedisahonkey they should, like they did before 9/11. or, they could let you do pre-checks, which thankfully they do. the whole shampoo bottles thing though is basically bs to make you feel safe since you did something
Why do they make you throw away liquids in your carry-on but not your checked luggage? It seems like a waste.
Because liquids in your checked luggage are not going to be mixed together by themselves, and if there is a device to do so it would get spotted when the checked bags are x-rayed.
@@jsquared1013 so they’re not worried that it’s a bomb, they’re worried that it’s an ingredient for one. Well, now it makes sense. I still don’t get why they throw all of them away in the same container if mixing them together is a threat, but it’s better than my previous theory that it’s just a scam to force you to buy it from them, like how women’s clothes have no pockets so we have to carry a purse.
I have seen some stats that suggest that people on "The Spectrum"/Autistic, are more likely to succeed as luggage screeners. I think Doctor Temple Grandin suggested this, way back.
Meanwhile, I am on SSDI, live below the Poverty Level and can't afford to replace my ID, let alone travel. But I super enjoy reality/truth; so I just subbed. Cheers.
Honesty, I have never felt the need to travel badly enough to put up with that.
My recommendation:
Go in sweats and commando😂😘
What to do a brutally honest announcement? How about the TSA has the same performance record as those three stupid questions they used to ask ages ago. Let's stop trading our liberty for the charade of security.
What questions?
@@zedskriex5843
1. Did you pack your bags yourself?
2. Have your bags been in your possession the whole time?
3. Has any unknown person asked you to carry something onboard?
The best explanation, in my opinion, is from George Carlin; the CZcams clip: czcams.com/video/uQdC-e82gmk/video.html
get ready for "show me your vaccine card"
I wish these "honest" videos could be shown in their designated places. Everyone is so on point, adding just the right amount of humor to take the edge off, so people don't take it personal, and get offensive.
Amazing video!
This really showcases exactly what they want to say at the airport.
just gotta say the editing is absolutely great!
Keep it up
This channel gets criminally low views
The last time I went through the process, was just that. I won't be flying again ever, unless it is a matter of life and death. Grounded!
Current air port security is a heavy infringement on people's freedom
Those photos of the crowds waiting to board is enough to stop me from thinking of traveling anywhere.
Just fly mid-week and outside of school holidays. You'll avoid all that crap.
"Politically appropriate method" is 99% of the problem right there.
Since it's starting TSA has never stopped a terrorist.
How many planes were hijacked or blown-up?
@@witoldszafaryn4836 How many were beforehand? Exactly.
As a Denverite I instantly recognized the DIA stock footage.
Such a difference going through Australian security and US security. Was eye opening once I got through and seeing an airport police officer with what I swear was every accessory he could fit on his long arm. Fort Worth, you met my stereotype. Thank you lol
Funny! Last time I accidentally smuggled a knife on plane. And they touched my pocket and haven't found !!!!
I always wondered why they do not make the counter muuuch longer, so you did not have to rush to get stuff out of your bag and into the trays, but you could do this in a relaxed manner.
You have plenty of time before, so why does the last 5 meter have to be so stressful?
You could take your laptop out waiting on line
@@supermman91 No. Because my carry on is packed so tightly that I cannot take out my laptop without taking out 80% of the content of the bag first. Which is why I need the counter.
@@peterjones4572 maybe get a laptop bag could save you some trouble
I genuinely love the airports with extra tables before and after so you can take your time without blocking anyone (and because you are not stressed you actually remember to remove all the required objects to the trays)
@@supermman91 A laptop bag would not help, as many airlines only allow 1 carry-on item.
One time going through the Washington Dulles Airport I forgot to remove some pennies from my pockets and nothing happen to me but I felt like a criminal.
Whenever a disaster happens, people take measures that would have prevented that disaster, but won’t prevent future disasters.
I took off my jacket and when I got to the front they made me take it out of the tray and put it back on. The metal studs failed so I had to hold up the line so I could go again.
Another time I had got through metal detection when the bulge in my pocket was noticed. Two men watched me from different angles, on had a metal detector in his hand and he had seen the bulge. The other had his pistol ready as I was motioned to turn out the pocket. I think the first one was more nervous. He was closer.
I slowly moved one hand away from my body and the other to the pocket with the bulge. The tips of my fingers went into the pocket and I kept my eyes on the one with the metal detector as I withdrew a used handkerchief. His mate's laughter gave him a red face.
Man the airport security is a joke. I have an icd; the one that isn't magnet proof. So I HATE HATE pat downs. I can't wait to the time I can upgrade to the magnet friendly one so I can make things faster at the airports. You know how much of a pain it is to have a full body pat down; then they swab a lot of places; even my carry on. The last time I traveled the TSA tried to pin coke on me because apparently my bipap had trace amounts of residue. I told them nicely to swab again and negative. No coke was found. I mean they can search my bag; xray it or what ever they do. But come on; someone who has a medical device; get real.
I like the little unspoked "some idiots did" after the "we didn't make the rules"
Thank you for inspiring me to get a boat license and a decent sized boat to stop the whole BS of airport security.
time for long cruises.
I remember once upon going through arrival security, I was briefly stopped after the fullbody scan because it detected an anomaly in my groin area. After an awkward moment, one of them suddenly told me to go into the scanner again, and I passed. As I was walking away, I overheard that they had "set it to the wrong gender".
That whole exchanged had me internally terrified, but I'm glad I learned that they apparently take "gender" into account when scanning, and they go off how you appear to determine that. I wasn't even dressed in gendered clothing - merely appearing androgynous. But that was evidently enough to halt the process.
As much as this pains me to say, maybe another good bit of advice to speed things up would be to dress in gender-conforming garb in order to make it clear what your genital morphology is. In certain countries, this visual conformity will probably also keep you safe from airport security, as well.
And besides, wearing business garb can apparently get you preferential seating treatment, anyways. So maybe it would be good to treat a flight like you would an interview - conforming in order to pass.
the heck did I just read
Is this why they confiscated my blind friend's cane?
My favorite TSA story involved my ponytail getting a patdown
Excellent 👍
How about defunding the TSA. That would speed everything up
But that would be actually DRAINING the swamp!
Because bringing in a private company wouldn’t change anything. The private companies would still have to follow federal aviation rules and guidelines for their security procedures, and private companies would pay their people less while charging the airport more which would then cause the airport to charge the airlines more which would then cause the airlines to raise ticket prices. So, it still wouldn’t do anything but screw over passengers. That is how those airports are running now that have private security. They follow federal guidelines. So, it still would be the same thing.
TSA security theater is a wast of time and money. TSA agents are a waste of flesh and oxygen.
News flash. They don't do it for the money, they do it for the power. Its the only time the plebeians get to tell important wealthy folks what to do.
Sure. They should all stop working. Free and easy travel for all.
@@krane15 LOL no, they do it for the money. My friend did it for a bit and he wasn't some power hungry type. He just wanted a fairly well paying easy job.
100 ml bottles of alcohol are allowed through security, in carry-on bags, per the TSA website.
(That's limited to 70%, or 140 proof, alcohol. So Everclear is a no-go.)
I used to fly all the time for work. I had my routine down pat. Even with a suit on, I would wear simple gym shoes, with my dress shoes in my checked-in bag.. By the time I got within sight of the conveyor, my laptop and toiletries bag would be out, with money, phone(s), keys and so on in my jacket or coat pockets, and my belt would be off. I was always pleased to have seasoned travellers in front of me, because then things would go as smoothly as possible. But it would often be just my luck to have a bunch of noobs in front of me, which I found thoroughly frustrating.
But I suppose it meant more to me because I spent so much of my time at airports, and the less time I spent in the line meant more time relaxing in the lounge before a long-haul flight.
So I have to stay up till 3am,
Next up: Guys smuggles explosive in his chest
Xrays: Exist
Airport: Is for me? :)
Hey Doug. What it the song title in the outro? It sounds amazing! Thanks for your videos they're hilarious!
Ah yeah I found that my half bottle of water was still on the side of the bag after security check one time, I forgot about it and they did too...