Yet Another Screening Fail (ALB/LAS Edition)
Aug 23, 2011, 9:19 am
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Yet Another Screening Fail (ALB/LAS Edition)
On today's edition of Yet Another Screening Fail, the fine folks at ALB & LAS miss a (just under) 5" pair of scissors in the carry-on of a Utica, NY media personality!
http://uticadailynews.com/daily_voic...orts_safe.html
http://www.timesunion.com/business/a...ag-2136529.php
http://uticadailynews.com/daily_voic...orts_safe.html
http://www.timesunion.com/business/a...ag-2136529.php
Aug 23, 2011, 10:06 am
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And the usual reply of, "we have multiple layers, and sharp objects really aren't a threat anymore anyway." "But we'll still confiscate them if we find them, just like we'll still hassle you to say your name, even though we've also said that it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you pass through the checkpoint."
Farbstein said that the TSA employs "multiple layers of security to protect the traveling public" and suggested that scissors, while prohibited, don't pose as much of a threat, especially after cockpit doors were redesigned in the wake of Sept. 11.
"We continue to take the discovery of prohibited items seriously, however, in today's post-Sept. 11 security environment, intelligence tell us our officers' greatest focus needs to be the biggest threat to aviation today -- explosives and explosives components. While scissors remain a prohibited item, it will not cause catastrophic damage on an aircraft," Farbstein said in a written statement.
"We continue to take the discovery of prohibited items seriously, however, in today's post-Sept. 11 security environment, intelligence tell us our officers' greatest focus needs to be the biggest threat to aviation today -- explosives and explosives components. While scissors remain a prohibited item, it will not cause catastrophic damage on an aircraft," Farbstein said in a written statement.
Aug 23, 2011, 10:16 am
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On today's edition of Yet Another Screening Fail, the fine folks at ALB & LAS miss a (just under) 5" pair of scissors in the carry-on of a Utica, NY media personality!
http://uticadailynews.com/daily_voic...orts_safe.html
http://www.timesunion.com/business/a...ag-2136529.php
http://uticadailynews.com/daily_voic...orts_safe.html
http://www.timesunion.com/business/a...ag-2136529.php
Now I wonder if the TSA would include their swings & misses in their weekly body count?
(tho there is one thing that does "irk" me and that is that the Times Union article has a nice out of date photo as the white shirts changed to blue "just a few years ago" 
- sorry but I hate lazy journalism)
Aug 23, 2011, 12:42 pm
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Yet Another Screening Fail
Or success, depending on how you look at it.
A pair of scissors were carried onto two separate flights and (gasp!) nothing happened. Anyway, I make the blade part under 4 inches measured from the fulcrum, not the handle.
A pair of scissors were carried onto two separate flights and (gasp!) nothing happened. Anyway, I make the blade part under 4 inches measured from the fulcrum, not the handle.
Aug 23, 2011, 1:23 pm
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Welcome to Flyertalk, sfcomstock ^
Now I wonder if the TSA would include their swings & misses in their weekly body count? (tho there is one thing that does "irk" me and that is that the Times Union article has a nice out of date photo as the white shirts changed to blue "just a few years ago" - sorry but I hate lazy journalism)
Now I wonder if the TSA would include their swings & misses in their weekly body count?
(tho there is one thing that does "irk" me and that is that the Times Union article has a nice out of date photo as the white shirts changed to blue "just a few years ago" - sorry but I hate lazy journalism) Haven't flown since April 2009, so I don't have any up-to-date TSA horror stories to share; however, next time I fly for something non-work related, it'll be with a Fourth Amendment t-shirt and metal wallet-card.
For those of you keeping score, ALB still doesn't have the nudie-scopes, although the word is that they're supposed to be installed sometime this fall.
Aug 23, 2011, 2:09 pm
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