Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by jdavis703 on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:45PM
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Right, Spain already does this. And I've during high-profile events I've seen TSA patrolling the main subway stations in Washington, DC.
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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by wutbrodo on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:58PM
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I've been travelling all around Spain for the last month and I wouldn't characterize the Renfe/AVE security as anywhere near the TSAs. You basically just put your bags through a machine and get waved through, and I've yet to wait in much of a line.
Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by mpeg on Monday May 02, 2016 @07:11PM
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Yeah, same thing for the Eurostar, it's a much saner security and check-in process. As much as I love flying, I always take the train from London to Paris or between Madrid and Barcelona.
Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by ojm on Monday May 02, 2016 @10:56PM
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I nearly lost a pocketknife when my suitcase was x-rayed at a Spanish train station.
Our small satchel bags and bodies did not get x-rayed, but the large suitcases did. I forgot I had a pocketknife in there (as it's fine usually for airport security as a check in bag). Somehow, when my suitcase got scanned, they mixed up the order and the person behind me got stopped for having a knife. By that time, I was making a quick getaway to the platform as I didn't want to lose the knife.
I could have just had a knife (and bomb?) in my satchel bag, so was pretty confused by the whole x-ray suitcases only situation.