coachrowsey

Yesterday at the airport one of the managers had her Dr. School's taken by these morons at the TSA. This is something that was in her shoes that help her walk.(Maybe you folks know better thaan me) Anyway she was mad & ask for a manager who backed up the employee.
Thanks to their stupidity this lady was unable to work & had to go home.
Folks, where is the sense in this ? When will this stuff stop ? Now employees can't even go to work.

Jaimito Cartero

Dr. Scholl's, perhaps? You shouldn't be surpised if stupidity abounds in the TSA checkpoints. Next, we'll hear that they need another 20 billion to "protect" us.

coachrowsey

Thanks for correcting the spelling..it is scarey to think what may be next.

coachrowsey

Can't believe how busy this forum has become. On second thought, guess I can.

bordeauxboy

I used to lurk around this forum and be amazed at how little activity it had...the moderator must be having fun now.

FliesWay2Much

Think about this stark reality for a moment: We now are all going to have to overload an already terribly broken health care system here in the US to take up a doctor's time to write us a prescription for some innocuous liquid just so we can take it on an airplane. While taking time to write us a needless prescription, that's all the less time said doctor will spend with real patients with real medical problems.

The judge and jury over the appropriateness of said prescription will be someone with perhaps a high school diploma or equivalent and a "working knowledge of English" who, just a week ago, was having a difficult time judging the thickness of a shoe's sole.

Congratulations, Osama. You've done it again -- this time without causing one drop of anybody's blood to be shed.

mcrt

I heard on the news that gel insoles are now on the official banned list.

I think mandatory checks for padded bras and implants should be next. Only natural breasts will be allowed next.

DADISGARYK

Ironically, those folks couldn't tell whether the shoes were 1" or not...so let's just have everyone put them thru "the metal detector" so we can see if there really is metal, or something hiding, in those flip flops...

And your comment about Osama...i keep reading these posts that say "the terrorists have won"...they have

soitgoes

Indeed they are. Which is absurd. My previous travel shoes (no metal shanks) have small bits of gel padding in the heel. I guess I have to find new travel shoes.

I feel especially bad for those people who need gel inserts to avoid pain.

Since many sneakers have gel elements built into the shoe itself (not removable), what's their status?

jonesing

Yeah, I can then see Larry the Lecher suddenly signing up for TSA "front line of terrorism-watch duty"

Watchful

I can see it now...."They're real...and they're spectacular!"

Lurker1999

I'm not sure if I can call this ridiculous or absurd or something worse. Maybe I should just quit before I violate the TOS here. But come on, gel insoles? I guess that means I'll have to find new shoes to wear since mine aren't comfortable without the insoles.

On some level I can almost envision this as an evil attempt by "businesses" to encourage us to buy more things when we fly as we can no longer bring them from home.

Points Scrounger

That's my concern about sealed conatiners not being "good enough" and being forced to buy from "approved" sterile-area vendors.

iluv2fly

As I reported in another thread here - but bears repeating - I went through security at ORD on Thursday night. They confiscated three bags of Gummie Bears that went through the X-ray from the family in front of me. They stated it was gel-like and wouldn't be allowed to go.

If I hadn't seen it myself I would never have believed it.

Thankfully, the family asked for a supervisor. The sup overruled the X-ray agents.

swise

According to the latest iteration of the banned items list...

NOTE: Shoes with gel heels are allowed but must to removed and screened.