Leave your shoes on while walking through security – a frequent flyer’s wet dream?

“Leave your shoes on. Place your bags on the belt. Don’ttake your laptops orliquids out from your bags. Just make sure to remove your belt or anything in your pockets that might set off the metal detector. Step through when you’re ready… Oh, and leave your shoes on.”

Did you catch that?

Your shoes ON?

Was that a wet dream of a frequent flyer? An April fools joke played by a TSA agent with a devilish sense of humor? Not at all. It was, in fact, the words overheard as I passed through one of the T...