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The key to not being seached is to not fly on airplanes. Just because you jump through the hoops you mentioned does not preclude you from being searched. You can be picked out at random for a search.

What is really hilarious is that folks think these "stringent" boarding procedures will make them safe.

[Buffalo Head]

"What is really hilarious is that folks think these "stringent" boarding procedures will make them safe."

True, but it does keep many undisciplined kooks off the airplanes.

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The key to not being seached is to not fly on airplanes. Just because you jump through the hoops you mentioned does not preclude you from being searched. You can be picked out at random for a search.

True, but as has been reported in the newspapers, searches at the gates are being phased out. Pass through the metal detector without setting the alarms off and you are set. No problem.