Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
If TSA want its screeners to grope genitals or karate chop people in the crotch then put that in TSA's guidance to employees and publish those things for public consumption. By doing those things TSA would remove any claims of improper screening by the employee.
Better yet, cut the BS with the website and twitter and tell the truth.
Screeners can open your luggage any way they want: they can use a crowbar to break into a suitcase with a built-in lock that isn't even locked. They can cut locks and toss them into other people's bags because it's their discretion. They can remove LGAs from ziplocks, remove the lids, and toss the open containers back into the bag and TSA is fine with that. They can put other people's belongings - cut locks, BP, other items - in your bag and even lock your bag with someone else's lock. They can open carefully packed containers of LI batteries and scatter them back in the bag.
We know this is not isolated rogue baggage screeners, because every 'rogue' baggage screener is working with other TSOs, LTSOs and STSOs, all of whom are on board with what is happening.
If the default is that TSA pays any claim for damaged baggage in 30 days unless TSA pulls the tapes, provides them to the pax, and proves that they were not responsible AND any payouts come from TSA's 'bonus' budget, then TSA will have a financial incentive to stop this nonsense.
If the cameras are placed so that TSOs can easily evade them or TSA has 'lost' the footage, then TSA is one the hook for damages - payable out of their 'bonus' fund. It will incentivize TSA to put cameras on 'blind spots' and we will all be safer.