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What was air travel like before 9/11?
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:28 pm
I’m sure many posters here, like me, have no recollection of air travel prior to TSA and 9/11. What was it like? Did you just essentially walk onto an airplane? Was there any security?
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Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:30 pm to UpToPar
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Did you just essentially walk onto an airplane?
Pretty much. And family members/friends could wait at the gate for you to arrive or say goodbye at the gate.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:30 pm to UpToPar
much easier to masturbate on an airplane
thanks alot bin laden
thanks alot bin laden
This post was edited on 9/11/19 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:30 pm to UpToPar
Easy as hell. Metal detectors is about all. You could also walk into a terminal without having a ticket and meet friends and family coming off planes.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:31 pm to UpToPar
Ask D.B. Cooper.. wait, he has never been found.
This post was edited on 9/11/19 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:32 pm to UpToPar
Airports had their own security
Anyone could go to the gate without a ticket
Anyone could go to the gate without a ticket
This post was edited on 9/11/19 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:33 pm to UpToPar
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:33 pm to UpToPar
Friends and family could meet you at the gate, you didn't have to arrive 2 hours early... it was vastly easier than it is today.
You could go to an airport and just go from gate to gate if you so desired. Not sure why you would, but you could if you wanted to.
You could go to an airport and just go from gate to gate if you so desired. Not sure why you would, but you could if you wanted to.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:33 pm to UpToPar
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:33 pm to UpToPar
Went through security to board. I remember my backpack full of toys getting inspected (as a kid!) because it looked weird in the metal detector.
Being able to greet people right at the gate was the main difference.
Being able to greet people right at the gate was the main difference.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:33 pm to UpToPar
Pocket knives under certain size were allowed. That may have stopped before but not much before. Walking to the gate to meet my wife at gate sounds strange now.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:34 pm to UpToPar
Luggage wasn’t even screened before being loaded at most airports.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:34 pm to UpToPar
Much easier.
Take Southwest. Basically in Texas we could treat it as if we were taking the Chicago subway. Buy your ticket walk to the gate, walk on. Get there earlier, take any available flight.
People seemed to behave better because the security stuff felt as if it were there to stop the bad guys (shoe bomber) and not to frisk Granny or your five year old son.
Take Southwest. Basically in Texas we could treat it as if we were taking the Chicago subway. Buy your ticket walk to the gate, walk on. Get there earlier, take any available flight.
People seemed to behave better because the security stuff felt as if it were there to stop the bad guys (shoe bomber) and not to frisk Granny or your five year old son.
This post was edited on 9/11/19 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:34 pm to UpToPar
In college in the late 90's I flew to Vegas with (2) 5ths of Goose in my carry on and opened it/drank from it mid flight.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:34 pm to UpToPar
No one cared what liquids you packed in your carryon.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:34 pm to UpToPar
You could walk around anywhere in the airport to meet your family as they got off the airplane. It was much more relaxed.
You could not simply walk into the jetways, that has remained the same.
You could not simply walk into the jetways, that has remained the same.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:35 pm to UpToPar
Not really any more dangerous than now. The TSA is worthless
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:35 pm to UpToPar
you could go and just watch the planes take off and land
you do that now, and the feds would be up your arse in 15 minutes
you do that now, and the feds would be up your arse in 15 minutes
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:36 pm to UpToPar
You could stab a guy for annoying you. I once took out a Chinese guy with a Bowie knife on an Eastern Airlines flight for eyeing my Sony Walkman .
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:36 pm to UpToPar
I remember the smoking section in planes. The back of every plane was filled with cigarette smoke from all the smoking passengers.
Your family would walk all the way to the gate and you would say your goodbyes there. You didn’t need a ticket, you could go all over the airport.
Security was a quick walk through a metal detector. No ID required.
Your family would walk all the way to the gate and you would say your goodbyes there. You didn’t need a ticket, you could go all over the airport.
Security was a quick walk through a metal detector. No ID required.
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