This morning I was cruising sites for the latest travel news, and stumbled across this little gem on Budget Travel's blog:
"Video: The MagShoe Means Shoes Stay on at Airport Security"
Whoo-hoo!!!
Of course, this doesn't mean we have this sweet little piece of technology installed at American airports yet, but if the international airport in Tel Aviv (a place that doesn't mess around with security risk) trusts the technology, surely it will be hitting our shores anyday now. (please, please, please!!!)
It seems the airline industry and TSA has genuinely been trying to ease the burden airline security lines have become in US airports on already harried passengers. The TSA has worked with luggage and luggage accessory makers to make available products that ease the security process. Passengers worried about securing their items can use TSA approved locks, which are easily opened by security personnel, but no one else. Even more impressive are TSA approved laptop bags, which are hugely popular now, and yes, I have gone on at length in previous posts about their usefulness! How can I not? Being able to just send your laptop case through security without unpacking it means fewer computers damaged and stolen, and less time spent futzing with electronics.
Another bit of promising news -- the TSA has stated it plans to relax regulations on cosmetics liquid container sizes by the end of 2009 due to better X-ray equipment that can more accurately determine what you've got in those suspicious bottles. Many airports have also implemented express lines for business travelers who travel light, steering families with children and folks who are new to the process over to the "10 items or more" lines.
All this is good news, and if we can add MagShoe to that growing list of security line-easers, it will be great news! Currently, having to take one's shoes off is a weak link in the puzzle, making line waits much longer than they would otherwise be. So here's kudos to the TSA for advances already made, and a little encouragement to saunter on over to Tel Aviv, and check out the MagShoe, and maybe bring one back!
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