Associated Press: TSA to allow Orlando-Sanford (SFB) Airport to use private screeners
Jun 13, 2012, 7:21 pm
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Wow -- I thought the misspelling of "Multiply" was photoshopped, but the actual pizza box in the picture (posted on duranAds.com) really has that misspelling printed on it.
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"TSA tentatively okays private screeners in Orlando"
The Transportation Security Administration has given preliminary approval to a plan that would allow Orlando Sanford International Airport to use private security screeners.
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By the way, Mrs. Fredd and I were seated in a restaurant area near gates 70-71 right next to a "Team San Francisco" check point a couple of weeks ago. We could clearly see and hear a trainer haranguing his troops that the "TSA would like any excuse to get rid of us" and urging them to redouble their efforts.
That's why I don't necessarily see privatization as a panacea, even though I ordinarily tend that way. I've noticed that "Team SFO" sometimes tries to out-TSA the TSA.
Jun 18, 2012, 10:32 am
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Thanks. ^ I'll alert the mods. I'd missed it here and the link I posted is dated today and on Drudge.
By the way, Mrs. Fredd and I were seated in a restaurant area near gates 70-71 right next to a "Team San Francisco" check point a couple of weeks ago. We could clearly see and hear a trainer haranguing his troops that the "TSA would like any excuse to get rid of us" and urging them to redouble their efforts.
That's why I don't necessarily see privatization as a panacea, even though I ordinarily tend that way. I've noticed that "Team SFO" sometimes tries to out-TSA the TSA.
By the way, Mrs. Fredd and I were seated in a restaurant area near gates 70-71 right next to a "Team San Francisco" check point a couple of weeks ago. We could clearly see and hear a trainer haranguing his troops that the "TSA would like any excuse to get rid of us" and urging them to redouble their efforts.
That's why I don't necessarily see privatization as a panacea, even though I ordinarily tend that way. I've noticed that "Team SFO" sometimes tries to out-TSA the TSA.
but if the TSA redoubles their efforts, doesn't that mean 2x the screw-ups 
Jun 18, 2012, 10:39 am
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Also, FWIW, Sanford is not Orlando. It's almost as bad as calling MHT Manchester/Boston, but harder to get to.
Also, there's few flights to anywhere from Sanford, unless you don't mind connecting in Iceland. I would if there were any mileage earning opportunities :-)
Also, there's few flights to anywhere from Sanford, unless you don't mind connecting in Iceland. I would if there were any mileage earning opportunities :-)
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We've mainly transferred there and our recent experiences have been okay, other than the loss of the WTMD option at the first elite checkpoint we hit after arriving internationally and transferring to domestic. 
Over the years we've definitely seen barking and yelling there. A couple of times it was upsetting to watch employees yelling at obviously foreign Asian tourists at the international check point. It seemed, among other things, just plain odd in light of their dealing with foreigners all day there.
Still, we opted out at the international checkpoint a couple of weeks ago and have no complaints at all about the way we were treated, setting aside my objections to the entire procedure.
Ha! Thanks. ^ It's buried in the first sentence of the article I posted but I missed it, what with the blaring "Orlando" in the headline I quoted. Apparently it's international?