Re: I wonder if this is why
A few weeks after 11/9 I was flying to Mexico and scheduled for a 20 minute non getting off stop at somewhere in Florida to refuel. We were taken off the plane. Made to wait an hour and a half before we went and picked up our luggage from the runway and then had to queue up to take it through US customs before another long wait to re-board and finally get to our destination 5 hours late. Even the customs guards at the airport were apologising to us for the inanity of the exercise. At least this was in the days before many people had phones or laptops.