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Last week, I flew to India via Chicago and Heathrow. I went through a total of four airports. I have to say security at Chicago was by far the most annoying. To go through US security, I had to pull out my laptop, any gels/liquids (in the approved quart size bag, of course), and take off my shoes. I had to juggle all of that both before and after the x-ray, and then manage to get all put back together without spilling everything.
In London, they had us go through screening upon deplaning before reboarding for the second leg of the trip. But, we only had to remove our liquid/gels. Easy Peasy. I did get a fairly through pat down, but that's because I forgot to remove my metal watch and set off the detector. Happily, they missed my wooden knitting needles. (they are allowed in the US and India, not the UK)
In India, same screening on deplaning before my connection, but I only had to remove my laptop. Slightly more annoying, and they wand you as a matter of course, but its easy to grab your laptop and bag and then put things back together.
