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Message: [QUOTE="KXaggerator, post: 176084, member: 21679"] Well, I am back from Mexico and here is the run down on the airport security as I saw it: San Jose to LAX: Checked one bag. I showed ID and ticket then went through a security metal detector checkpoint with my notebook attaché. They x-rayed my computer and then swabbed it for explosives. Two armed police officers at checkpoint more in terminal. LAX to Leon Mexico: Checked one bag. I showed passport and ticket then went through a security metal detector checkpoint with my notebook attaché. They x-rayed my computer and then swabbed it for explosives. One armed police officers at checkpoint, half asleep, more in terminal. I showed my passport as I got on the plane. On arrival to Leon I had to walk through a decontamination tunnel that was full of some chemical mist, kind of creepy. There were soldiers armed with automatic weapons on the tarmac. Asked to showed passport and immigration forms to Immigration. Leon to Mexico City: Carried on two bags. I showed passport and ticket then went through a security metal detector checkpoint with my notebook attaché and carry on suitcase. They x-rayed my attaché and suitcase. I showed my passport as I got on the plane. Mexico City to LAX: I showed my passport and ticket and went through a metal detector, each piece of luggage was x-rayed and searched and I had to boot up my computer and turn on my phone, and they confiscated my razor blade (checked luggage) and the batteries out of my Walkman, all this just to get to the international Aeromexico ticket counter. Then I went back to the unsecured area. I had to show my ticket and passport again and pass through another metal detector where I was also wanded and my attaché x-rayed. At the gate I once again had my attaché searched and I was wanded. The flight crew went through an even more through search and wanding. One had his fingernail cutters confiscated. The funny thing about Mexico is that there were many police officers in the airport with holsters and bullets, but no guns. Very good security. LAX to San Jose: I was running late so I carried on my luggage. I picked up a bottle of Gran Centenario Anejo tequila while in Mexico City and I had this in my suitcase. I went through security and they x-rayed both pieces of luggage. They did not swab my computer this time. I showed my ID and got my green Southwest plane pass. I then went to get the latest copy of Transworld Motocross, on the way back to my gate I was thinking that I could switch my plane pass with a stranger and they would never know. I got on the plane with the tequila and I could not help but think that I could do more damage with that heavy glass bottle then the person in front of me could ever manage with the tweezers she had confiscated, heck I could do more damage with my pen. Conclusion: American airport security is still weak and misguided as I see it. [/QUOTE]

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