More advice for TSA checkpoints:
Wear shoes that are easy to slip on and off.
If you don't need a belt, don't wear one.
Carry as little on your person as you possibly can -- you will have to take it all out of your pockets before you go through the scanner. Watches, too, have to come off, but not (some) jewelry -- Peg and I didn't have to take off our wedding rings (or our glasses).
Similarly, carry as little carryon luggage as you can. If you're bringing a laptop, netbook or tablet on with you, it needs to go through the xray machine separately from your other carryon items (and laid flat/open for those that close like books).
Pay attention to lines marked on the floor, particularly ones that you have to stand behind until called.
TSA employees are harried, overworked, paid to be paranoid -- and have law enforcement powers. Do not make their day worse, because they will return the favor tenfold.
Good news: if nothing untoward happens, the TSA lines can be very fast. I think that was the biggest surprise I got during our California trip this spring -- I was expecting a half hour or more in line, and both times it was more like minutes.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Wear shoes that are easy to slip on and off.
If you don't need a belt, don't wear one.
Carry as little on your person as you possibly can -- you will have to take it all out of your pockets before you go through the scanner. Watches, too, have to come off, but not (some) jewelry -- Peg and I didn't have to take off our wedding rings (or our glasses).
Similarly, carry as little carryon luggage as you can. If you're bringing a laptop, netbook or tablet on with you, it needs to go through the xray machine separately from your other carryon items (and laid flat/open for those that close like books).
Pay attention to lines marked on the floor, particularly ones that you have to stand behind until called.
TSA employees are harried, overworked, paid to be paranoid -- and have law enforcement powers. Do not make their day worse, because they will return the favor tenfold.
Good news: if nothing untoward happens, the TSA lines can be very fast. I think that was the biggest surprise I got during our California trip this spring -- I was expecting a half hour or more in line, and both times it was more like minutes.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.