Current Events > passengers at some US airports no longer have to remove shoes for regular checks

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Passengers at some airports across the U.S. no longer have to remove their shoes during regular TSA security checks, two sources familiar with the change confirmed to CBS News on Monday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also seemed to confirm the change, calling it "big news" from the Department of Homeland Security in a post on X early Tuesday.

The change appears to be a phased approach, sources said, and the first airports where the no-shoes requirement is expiring include Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Fort Lauderdale International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Portland International Airport, Philadelphia International Airport and Piedmont Triad International Airport in North Carolina.

However, CBS News correspondents at Los Angeles International Airport and New York City's LaGuardia Airport reported Monday night that they and other passengers didn't have to take off their shoes.

Travelers with TSA PreCheck already didn't have to remove their footwear. In order to have PreCheck, travelers must submit an application and go through a clearance process with the Transportation Security Administration.

The change comes amid reports that the TSA has let the security rule expire for fliers going through the standard TSA screening lines.

In a statement to CBS News on Monday, TSA said the agency and the Department of Homeland Security "are always exploring new and innovative ways to enhance the passenger experience and our strong security posture."

The no-shoes rule was implemented by TSA nationwide in 2006. The official adoption of the rule came several years after Richard Reid, a British man who would come to be known as the "shoe bomber," attempted to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami with explosives hidden in his shoe in December 2001. Reid failed to detonate the explosives, and the plane landed safely in Boston after passengers helped subdue him.

Following that incident, airlines and TSA began asking passengers to voluntarily remove their shoes when going through security.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-shoes-rule-expires/

Another 'L' for fetishists

oh well

I don't know enough about this stuff to have an opinion either way

HylianFox posted...

Another 'L' for fetishists

oh well

hhueheuheeh

This is such bullshit. What's the point in even flying anymore?

pinky0926 posted...

I don't know enough about this stuff to have an opinion either way

basically, when you go to the airport, as a passenger, you're given this plastic box kind of thing.

inside, you put in your: shoes, carry-on bags, stuff inside your pockets, belt, etc., and the box thing goes through a scanner.

throughout it all, you're shoeless.

seems like the only difference is now you keep on your shoes.

I hate that my brain is wired to feel like this a prelude to something <_<

boxoto posted...

seems like the only difference is now you keep on your shoes.

I've been at airports where you've only had to stand in a body scanner, iirc without removing anything

boxoto posted...

basically, when you go to the airport, as a passenger, you're given this plastic box kind of thing.

inside, you put in your: shoes, carry-on bags, stuff inside your pockets, belt, etc., and the box thing goes through a scanner.

throughout it all, you're shoeless.

seems like the only difference is now you keep on your shoes.

I've been on more flights than I can honestly remember, my point is that I just don't know if this is a good or bad thing security wise

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TSA Precheck gang been keeping our shoes on for years now

pinky0926 posted...

I've been on more flights than I can honestly remember, my point is that I just don't know if this is a good or bad thing security wise

sorry, my misunderstanding then.

I'm not sure, but as far as I know, besides the initial attempt, I don't think people having to remove their shoes has thwarted any attacks.

Trump still wants to privatize TSA?

I've never understood why US airports do this. America is the only country I'm aware of that insists that you have to go through security shoeless; every other airport I've flown out of allows you to keep your shoes on unless they have metal in them (as some dress shoes do).

Might as well.
It's not like being shoeless actually does anything.

FurryPhilosifer posted...

This is such bullshit. What's the point in even flying anymore?

Wat

Smashingpmkns posted...

TSA Precheck gang been keeping our shoes on for years now

And we dont need to take our liquids or electronics out either.

boxoto posted...

sorry, my misunderstanding then.

I'm not sure, but as far as I know, besides the initial attempt, I don't think people having to remove their shoes has thwarted any attacks.

Probably just that post 9/11 era

darkknight109 posted...

I've never understood why US airports do this. America is the only country I'm aware of that insists that you have to go through security shoeless; every other airport I've flown out of allows you to keep your shoes on unless they have metal in them (as some dress shoes do).

I mean the US is the only country that makes you answer questions like "are you a terrorist" and then takes the answer seriously. I guess a pretty paranoid country for stuff like this

Seems it was never necessary

TSA is all theatre

Yeah!! I was at SFO yesterday and the guy said we don't do that anymore lol.

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It is telling DOGE didn't cut TSA

security POSTURING important to conservatives

boxoto posted...

and our strong security posture."

They admit it

This was always like the least inconvenient thing for me, but I guess good for people with complicated shoes.

Hell yeah. We won! Take that Al Qaeda!

USA USA USA!

darkknight109 posted...

I've never understood why US airports do this. America is the only country I'm aware of that insists that you have to go through security shoeless; every other airport I've flown out of allows you to keep your shoes on unless they have metal in them (as some dress shoes do).

You can thank the idiot shoe bomber for that. But whether this is good or not I can't say.

SauI_Goodman posted...

But whether this is good or not I can't say.

It's just security theatre, it's good to get rid of it.

I did not have to take off my shoes at DFW or Chicago OHare the last few days. I also have t had to take my bag of liquids out of my carry-on lately. It has been nice.

the only times i had to take my shoes off at the airport was if i was wearing my boots which had metal bits on them