After 20 Years MSP Airport Will No Longer Require Passengers to Do This

Right now, when you are taking a flight anywhere, and you are heading through the TSA you know the drill.  Take off your belt, jacket and shoes.  Make sure your electronics are also visible and you don't have anything over 3.5 ounces of liquid in your carry-on.

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It's almost like you feel like it's a strip search.  Ok, that's a little dramatic, but you get the idea.  It's gotten to the point where I make sure that I wear very simple clothing and slip on shoes.  It's so much easier at the other end of the security line when you have to put everything back together and get out of the way of other passengers.

TSA JUST GOT EASIER

Starting this week. the TSA will no longer require you to remove your shoes.  It's been since 2006, when a British passenger tried to set off a bomb that was in his shoe on a flight from Paris to Miami.  So, it's been almost 20 years that the practice of removing your shoes has been in place.

Now, the feeling that they have enough security implemented that your shoes won't have to be scanned separately anymore.

WHAT WILL YOU STILL HAVE TO REMOVE

You may have to still remove electronics from your carry-on, but that's a lot easier than having to remove your shoes which can be a pain to put back on unless you have flip flops or other slip on shoes.  Women, especially didn't like this practice because if you are barefoot, you had to walk across a very questionable floor and worry about the cleanliness of said floor.  Yuck!

You could avoid that practice by applying for the TSA pre-check.  That way you didn't have to do any of that stuff before getting through the TSA security check.  The cost is minimal.  It's only about $80 and it lasts for 5 years.  Great deal.

EXTRA SECURITY

There could still be times when the TSA will ask you to remove your shoes if they are setting off the security scanner.  That happened to me just this past trip.  So, yes, I was barefoot on the airport floor.  Gross.