# Anyone flown within the US in the last few days? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864 "2009-12-29T02:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864/21 "2010-01-02T15:20:42Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > See post #11. I was kidding. Because you’d just gotten through saying… never mind. Glad all is well. Happy new year, and all of that. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864/22 "2010-01-02T16:19:32Z")
I flew from Tampa to Atlanta Tuesday afternoon. Security wasn’t visibly different than it was when I flew to Tampa on the 24th. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864/23 "2010-01-02T17:42:27Z")
I flew from La Guardia to O’Hare today (I’m at a Chili’s in the United terminal right now :p). Getting through security didn’t take any longer than usual, and the only noticeable differencce was the TSA person doing random pat-downs at the gate. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864/24 "2010-01-03T23:58:22Z")
> [@Skylark](#): > > Flew out of Bush-Houston (IAH) that Monday. I got there about an hour before my flight and made it up to the gate just as they were announcing general boarding. It was pretty crowded, for being as **sugar and spice** noted, the Monday after a holiday, but not very bad. The sign coming into the airport announced threat level **ORANGE** but I don’t think I’ve seen that change in 6 years. The screeners were friendly and pushed us through. I was stuck in a herd that was fairly familiar with the airport drill so we had a line of beltless, shoeless, unzipped people waddling up to the screeners. On the 22nd, I noticed that the **ORANGE** threat level sign coming into IAH was a permanent sign, not electronic. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864/25 "2010-01-04T02:37:17Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > On the 22nd, I noticed that the **ORANGE** threat level sign coming into IAH was a permanent sign, not electronic. Go figure. Huh. The natural follow-up, why even bother with a system then? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864/26 "2010-01-05T04:37:42Z")
> [@Skylark](#): > > Huh. The natural follow-up, why even bother with a system then? Perhaps to remind us that we are living in a state of heightened insecurity :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-flown-within-the-us-in-the-last-few-days/522864.md?page=1)