TSA at it again... This time damages 14 AE planes at ORD
Aug 19, 2008, 12:11 pm
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TSA at it again... This time damages 14 AE planes at ORD
The thread on the AA forum (originally posted by AEpilot76), but is relevant to TS/S
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=857098
I just want to see how TSA spins this as its gonna be doosy.
Chair - Check
Popcorn in microwave - Check
Cooler of beverages - Check
Train has left the station - check
Train wreck - TBD
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=857098
Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration decided to see if they could gain access to AE aircraft while they were sitting overnight in ORD. The brilliant employees used an instrument located just below the cockpit window that is critical to the operation of the onboard computers. They decided this instrument, the TAT probe, would be adequate to use as a ladder.
BRILLIANT!!
Below is just a couple of the write-ups. They damaged a total of 14 AE airplanes
DIS 19AUG ORD/ALL«
DIS 19AUG ORD/ALL
FLIGHT OPERATIONS IRREGULARITIES 19AUG/1724Z
FLT SKD A/C CD --NARRATIVE--
KICK-OFF
3961 0605*655 DM 27 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. TSI DAMAGE TO TAT PR
OBE
DMRDMR 3961/19 ORD¥646 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO
-- DPTD ORD 31 MINS LATE
-- ARR BWI 25 MINS LATE
KICK-OFF
4072 0615*854 DM 16 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. SWAP FROM 825 DUE TO
TSI
DMRDMR 4072/19 ORD¥825 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO
-- DPTD ORD 16 MINS LATE
KICK-OFF ¥
4081 0635*633 DM 11 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. SWAPPED FROM 686 DUE
TO TSI
DMRDMR 4081/19 ORD¥686 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO
-- DPTD ORD 11 MINS LATE
KICK-OFF
4073 0640*645 DM 2 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. SWAP FROM 646 DUE TO
TSI
DMRDMR 4073/19 ORD¥646 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO ¥
BRILLIANT!!
Below is just a couple of the write-ups. They damaged a total of 14 AE airplanes
DIS 19AUG ORD/ALL«
DIS 19AUG ORD/ALL
FLIGHT OPERATIONS IRREGULARITIES 19AUG/1724Z
FLT SKD A/C CD --NARRATIVE--
KICK-OFF
3961 0605*655 DM 27 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. TSI DAMAGE TO TAT PR
OBE
DMRDMR 3961/19 ORD¥646 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO
-- DPTD ORD 31 MINS LATE
-- ARR BWI 25 MINS LATE
KICK-OFF
4072 0615*854 DM 16 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. SWAP FROM 825 DUE TO
TSI
DMRDMR 4072/19 ORD¥825 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO
-- DPTD ORD 16 MINS LATE
KICK-OFF ¥
4081 0635*633 DM 11 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. SWAPPED FROM 686 DUE
TO TSI
DMRDMR 4081/19 ORD¥686 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO
-- DPTD ORD 11 MINS LATE
KICK-OFF
4073 0640*645 DM 2 MINS DMG-O/A CODE 75C. SWAP FROM 646 DUE TO
TSI
DMRDMR 4073/19 ORD¥646 MX 0550 DISC-INSP. DUE TO
NUM 1 TAT PROBE DUE TO TSA INSPECTOR USING IT
AS A GRAB HANDLE AS A LEFTING DEVISE TO GET IN
TO THE AIRCRAFT C/A-REVIEWCALL LOG FOR MORE IN
FO ¥
I just want to see how TSA spins this as its gonna be doosy.
Chair - Check
Popcorn in microwave - Check
Cooler of beverages - Check
Train has left the station - check
Train wreck - TBD
Aug 19, 2008, 1:02 pm
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Blog material for sure. Maybe the lawyer or Kippie himself will respond (Yeah, right). Let's start a blogging blitz and see what happens. This might even prempt the Friday puppy post...
What were the screeners doing running around a hanger unescorted anyway?
UPDATE: I just send a "tip line" email to the Trib (who also shares tips with a couple of TV and radio stations) and included the maintenance log entry and the link to the AA forum page. Film at 11 (We can only hope.)
What were the screeners doing running around a hanger unescorted anyway?
UPDATE: I just send a "tip line" email to the Trib (who also shares tips with a couple of TV and radio stations) and included the maintenance log entry and the link to the AA forum page. Film at 11 (We can only hope.)
Last edited by FliesWay2Much; Aug 19, 2008 at 1:32 pm Reason: Updated!
Aug 19, 2008, 1:27 pm
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But won't.
Was one of the 'inspectors' called Clouseau perchance ?
How much do you want to bet these were the same clowns who had the p!ssing match with the DoT cops ? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=847712
Payback's a b*tch, ain't it ? Yeah, it sure will be
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Was one of the 'inspectors' called Clouseau perchance ?
How much do you want to bet these were the same clowns who had the p!ssing match with the DoT cops ? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=847712
Payback's a b*tch, ain't it ? Yeah, it sure will be
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Aug 19, 2008, 2:28 pm
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It's the culture of the agency (emanating down from Bush through Chertoff to Hawley): we can do anything we want to do because we're protecting you from terrorists.
Jacka**es.
I hope at the least the individual screeners get fired.
Jacka**es.
I hope at the least the individual screeners get fired.
Aug 19, 2008, 2:29 pm
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Blogdad Bob: spin another one
Will it make Monday's TSA Weekly Body Count?
TSA Week at a Glance (August 18, 2008 - August 24, 2008)
6 non documented immigrants captured and returned to Mexico
22 firearms found at checkpoints
5 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
18 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
14 non-airworthy aircraft prevented from flying by hard working night shift
TSA Week at a Glance (August 18, 2008 - August 24, 2008)
6 non documented immigrants captured and returned to Mexico
22 firearms found at checkpoints
5 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
18 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
14 non-airworthy aircraft prevented from flying by hard working night shift
Aug 19, 2008, 4:15 pm
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AA should sue the TSA for damaging their aircraft, and all pax delayed or inconvenienced by this stupidity should sue, too. 
Aug 19, 2008, 4:24 pm
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Knowing Idiot Boy and Skeletor, I'd say promotions all around.
Aug 19, 2008, 5:01 pm
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Planes don't have locks. GA aircraft do, but transport category aircraft don't. You don't need anything but knowledge to start one, either.
Aug 19, 2008, 5:05 pm
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Aug 19, 2008, 5:26 pm
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Its offical it has hit the newswires
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5613502&page=1
Routine my arse, oh man the egg on face. this is just getting good and the spun hasnt even begun
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5613502&page=1
The TSA agent, as part of spot inspection of aircraft security, climbed onto the parked aircraft using control sensors mounted on the fuselage as handholds, according to a TSA official in Chicago, Elio Montenegro.
"Our inspector was following routine procedure for securing the aircraft that were on the tarmac," Montenegro told ABCNews.com.
The TSA agent was attempting to determine if someone could break into a parked aircraft, according to Montenegro.
Pilots were furious at the TSA misstep.
"The brilliant employees used an instrument located just below the cockpit window that is critical to the operation of the onboard computers," one pilot wrote on an American Eagle internet forum. "They decided this instrument, the TAT probe, would be adequate to use as a ladder," the pilot wrote.
Another pilot wrote the TSA agents, "are now doing things to our aircraft that may put our lives, and the lives of our passengers at risk."
"Our inspector was following routine procedure for securing the aircraft that were on the tarmac," Montenegro told ABCNews.com.
The TSA agent was attempting to determine if someone could break into a parked aircraft, according to Montenegro.
Pilots were furious at the TSA misstep.
"The brilliant employees used an instrument located just below the cockpit window that is critical to the operation of the onboard computers," one pilot wrote on an American Eagle internet forum. "They decided this instrument, the TAT probe, would be adequate to use as a ladder," the pilot wrote.
Another pilot wrote the TSA agents, "are now doing things to our aircraft that may put our lives, and the lives of our passengers at risk."
Aug 19, 2008, 5:49 pm
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Will it make Monday's TSA Weekly Body Count?
TSA Week at a Glance (August 18, 2008 - August 24, 2008)
6 non documented immigrants captured and returned to Mexico
22 firearms found at checkpoints
5 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
18 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
14 non-airworthy aircraft prevented from flying by hard working night shift
TSA Week at a Glance (August 18, 2008 - August 24, 2008)
6 non documented immigrants captured and returned to Mexico
22 firearms found at checkpoints
5 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
18 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
14 non-airworthy aircraft prevented from flying by hard working night shift
Its offical it has hit the newswires
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5613502&page=1
Routine my arse, oh man the egg on face. this is just getting good
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5613502&page=1
Routine my arse, oh man the egg on face. this is just getting good
. let's start the clock to see how long it's gonna take the tsa to spin this on their website