Sikh Coalition's Guidance on TSA Procedures
Dec 3, 2011, 6:46 am
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Sikh Coalition's Guidance on TSA Procedures
The Sikh Coalition has written an excellent practical (non-political) explanation of what passengers can expect at TSA checkpoints. While written especially for Sikhs, I think the document is useful for all travelers. Here's the link:
http://www.sikhcoalition.org/documen...llofRights.pdf
The above link is to a document in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Also, back in November, the Sikh Coalition News also ran a helpful article summarizing the guidance:
The Sikh Coalition News:
Know Your Rights at the Airport
November 21, 2011
http://www.sikhcoalition.org/documen...llofRights.pdf
The above link is to a document in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Also, back in November, the Sikh Coalition News also ran a helpful article summarizing the guidance:
The Sikh Coalition News:
Know Your Rights at the Airport
November 21, 2011
Last edited by JDiver; Aug 6, 2014 at 8:11 pm Reason: (updated URL from nonfunctioning to current)
Dec 3, 2011, 7:18 am
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The sheet seems to offer some decent guidance to people who need it, but the advice to wash hands before going through screening without mention the soap problem gives me pause.
Dec 3, 2011, 9:07 am
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The Sikh Coalition has written an excellent practical (non-political) explanation of what passengers can expect at TSA checkpoints. While written especially for Sikhs, I think the document is useful for all travelers. Here's the link:
The Sikh Coalition:
AIRPORT SCREENING PROCEDURES AS APPLIED TO SIKH TRAVELERS AND YOUR RIGHTS AS A SIKH AIR TRAVELER
Last Revised: January 13, 2011
(PDF)
The above link is to a document in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Also, back in November, the Sikh Coalition News also ran a helpful article summarizing the guidance:
The Sikh Coalition News:
Know Your Rights at the Airport
November 21, 2011
The Sikh Coalition:
AIRPORT SCREENING PROCEDURES AS APPLIED TO SIKH TRAVELERS AND YOUR RIGHTS AS A SIKH AIR TRAVELER
Last Revised: January 13, 2011
(PDF)
The above link is to a document in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Also, back in November, the Sikh Coalition News also ran a helpful article summarizing the guidance:
The Sikh Coalition News:
Know Your Rights at the Airport
November 21, 2011
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I always wash up before going through and it is never a problem. I handle and am exposed to chemicals in my work, so I always do a final scrubbing. I just avoid the sanitizer until after the screening.
Last edited by squeakr; Dec 4, 2011 at 12:10 pm Reason: snark
Dec 6, 2011, 11:57 am
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Self-Patdown
The document mentions a self pat-down at least of turbans for ETD testing... So if that's acceptable, why can't we do a whole body self-pat down and then get our hands swabbed and be on our way. The whole pat-down thing doesn't really seem to be actually looking for anything on the body (at least that was my take; between rubbing my feet for 30 seconds and the waistband thing is going to reveal anything), just a way to get any explosive traces. That said I'm still not convinced ETD swabs could do anything if someone carefully concealed an explosive and made sure to clean up carefully.