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I fly every week, sometimes with multiple legs (no I am not a flight attendant).
I am a registered traveler and use True Clear at the airports that offer that option. But many times I need to use the regular security lanes in the US and obviously true clear is meaningless outside of the US. I never check a bag and can fit 10days of clothes for multiple weather zones and including a gown for a blacktie event in a roll-aboard.
Honestly - The rules are what they are, choose to follow them or dont fly. The people who work there have to follow them completely and fully, they dont make them they just follow them.
There are signs explaining clearly to place your clear bag on separately and alone - you choose not to follow those instructions. (you probably will the next time) There are also clear warnings that you cannot bring on more than 3oz of liquid - again you choose not to follow those instructions. The old man being frisked probably had some stupid army knife on him that he thought he could sneak through.
You cannot win by arguing, you just hold up the lines and distract the TSA person from watching others.
Last week some idiot, probably flying on a cheap ticket, decided to start an argument in front of me on the merits of taking her shoes off. All she did was hold myself and my colleagues up in the line. Then she got very angry when I said, "Excuse me Maam, you are not going to win the argument, but if you want to continue it, please get the fuck out of my way as I need to make my flight"
Overall - yes the rules are stupid, yes the people seem silly about how they enforce them - but why argue... or if you are going to argue - please get out of my way.
Or you can travel in Mexico - where they hand search every piece of luggage, they dont care if they break things and will hold you up for looking at them the wrong way... at least until you pass over some pesos..
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