Originally posted by tim60 Most places I go if you go through the scanner and it trips they ask what it might be - belt, coins, keys etc (people sometimes forget these things) and they send you back through to put it in the tray and then come back. If you can get through without blowing the alarm, then that shows the problem was those other things. In the US that logic is not followed and they would rather do things which cost much more staff time.
The scanner in Toulouse was interesting. First time I saw it. A barrier so that only proper carry on size could get through. If it does not scan it must be checked in. Saes a problem with people with weird size and shape objects in the luggage bins, or just people too greedy to be satisfied with their share of the space, causing inconvenience to everyone else.
Ooh, a scanner sized to "encourage" people to use sensibly sized hand luggage? I like that
The only thing that makes me line up early when boarding a plane these days is that I want to secure space for my small bag in the overhead lockers - I need every bit of leg room I can get. Some people have bigger hand luggage than my checked luggage, and often two pieces, and the luggage bins are filled to overflowing in no time.
Just a few more hours now, and I'll be enjoying the, umm, comforts of long haul air travel once again