Newsstand - Fliers bare their soles on checkpoint woes




sobore
Jul 21, 06, 7:35 am
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-07-20-checkpoint-woes_x.htm

Devon Hall says she didn't know she had her husband's fishing knife in her bag when she approached the security checkpoint at Houston's Hobby Airport last month.
The Jamaica Beach, Texas, comedian surrendered the knife after it showed up on the scanner, she says. She thought that was the end of the matter until she received a letter from the Transportation Security Administration saying she owed a $250 fine, reduced to $125 if paid within 30 days.


Wally Bird
Jul 21, 06, 10:03 am
TSA's (Amy) Von Walter calls the notion that screeners intentionally punish people who won't take off shoes "an urban myth"... Complete and utter bullsh*t. Either Amy doesn't ever get out of her office or she is lying through her teeth. Doesn't matter either way.

"We strongly recommend people take their shoes off. It saves time."See above. Insisting all shoes be removed does not "save" time, it makes the line slower/longer.

Where does the TSA find these clowns ? :mad:



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