Airport security procedures are both perfectly acceptable and unacceptable. Before the tragic attack of September 11, 2001, the security of airports was more lenient. People without tickets could have hung out with the people waiting to change planes and delighted children could have gone to the cockpit to take a look at the plane’s controls. Today the cockpit door is locked, blocking out the children, and people without tickets are forbidden to enter past the gates (Sign 1). Airport security now begins with showing your ID. Then you must take all items off of your body and into a plastic bin; shoes, cellphones, and etcetera. Your luggage then goes into a scanner that x-rays through to see if there is anything suspicious. I feel these steps