On 6/24/2012 11:06 AM, Sancho Panza wrote:

The chaos at Terminal 7 was caused by screener Alija Abdul Majed, who
had manned Lane No. 1 during the morning shift with no idea his metal
detector had no juice, sources said.

What kind of a design has no indicator that it's not on? Even a $10
smoke detector beeps when the battery is low, surely there should be a
battery-backed-up indicator that the machine is off.

I went through security in Shanghai and Vancouver recently. More
rigorous security but without all the ridiculousness of removing shoes
and non-metal belts, etc.