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with the barefoot wait that now is over 30min on lax or other major places. that is the same as losing your flight on the majority of cases.

and sorry if you cannot understand why countering reports of the exception with the rule is not helpful. thats how you get things like whitelivesmatter.

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I did not wait anywhere near 30 minutes at LAX when I opted out there a couple weeks ago!

If you can cite some evidence that your impression is the rule, that might be helpful. My own experience, having opted out and gotten the pat-down every time I've flown since the new scanners were introduced, is that the process has not really changed at all over the years, and opting out has never come close to causing a missed flight.

Nonetheless, the option exists. Get there early and you have the option.

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