Emirates once took a bottle of water off me, purchased from a vending machine at the gate while in transit!
And by some crazy co-incidence, limited water available on the flight (14 hours).
So SIngapore Airlines for me, then.
Where at Heathrow last month they told me to take off the belt. (Later heard there was a "Security Issue" in Singapore)
Then the shoes, because I backchatted.
I shut up after they started patting me down, on the spot.
Upside is we missed, by one flight cycle, SQ321, the one that plastered the occupants to the ceiling and broke necks, spines etc.
Airline flying is such fun... in a flightsim.
Great to have EDDF!