TSA requires Passport on Intl Flights?
Feb 20, 2010, 7:25 am
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Feb 20, 2010, 8:25 am
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Folks, the topic here is: TSA requires Passport on Intl Flights?
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And it doesn't include your opinion of your fellow FlyerTalker.
We've removed several posts that were nothing more than back and forth bickering.
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Feb 20, 2010, 8:32 am
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"Oh, goody. I get to sue you AND the police officer for civil rights violations! Call your supervisor, smurf!"
Feb 20, 2010, 10:39 am
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Feb 20, 2010, 1:58 pm
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Your kids are not allowed to stand up to a bully at school. Zero tolerance means the bully gets away with it and your kids gets put in reform school.
Feb 20, 2010, 3:56 pm
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Have you ever had one say "Do you want to fly today" or "do you want to make your flight"? I have.
I heard one of the LTSOs at IAD a few weeks ago telling a passenger "Well, I'll call the airport police and have them detain you and question you for a couple of hours to make sure you miss your flight".
I had one threaten me (at BWI) when I showed a passport instead of my DL. He was insistent on seeing the DL, and threatened to have the airport police remove me from the property unless I showed a DL. I was presenting a passport as ID.
Power trippers. Can they deny you? In the end, probably not. But they can detain you (or have you detained) and delay you long enough that you miss your flight. See the recent thread about the FT'er at LAX that had to deal with that.....
I heard one of the LTSOs at IAD a few weeks ago telling a passenger "Well, I'll call the airport police and have them detain you and question you for a couple of hours to make sure you miss your flight".
I had one threaten me (at BWI) when I showed a passport instead of my DL. He was insistent on seeing the DL, and threatened to have the airport police remove me from the property unless I showed a DL. I was presenting a passport as ID.
Power trippers. Can they deny you? In the end, probably not. But they can detain you (or have you detained) and delay you long enough that you miss your flight. See the recent thread about the FT'er at LAX that had to deal with that.....
I had a supervisor tell me that at PDX a few years ago when I refered to his underling as a Nazi.
Feb 21, 2010, 9:49 am
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Feb 21, 2010, 10:49 am
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And rightly so, I would say. Why bother doing this? I would assume you're at the security checkpoint with the goal being to get through it and board a flight, not make a provocative civil rights statement. Save that for the senators / representatives / other people who can actually exert some influence.
Feb 21, 2010, 10:51 am
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And rightly so, I would say. Why bother doing this? I would assume you're at the security checkpoint with the goal being to get through it and board a flight, not make a provocative civil rights statement. Save that for the senators / representatives / other people who can actually exert some influence.
Feb 21, 2010, 11:05 am
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So far it's working - see previous comments about zero harassment at checkpoints.Neither viewpoint is right or wrong - and neither is made in ignorance.
Feb 21, 2010, 11:11 am
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Exactly. If the TSA were professional and not behaving like fascists, the TSA wouldn't harass free persons for exercising the First Amendment right to peacefully express their political opinion about the actions of a government employee and/or agency.
Feb 21, 2010, 11:16 am
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And rightly so, I would say. Why bother doing this? I would assume you're at the security checkpoint with the goal being to get through it and board a flight, not make a provocative civil rights statement. Save that for the senators / representatives / other people who can actually exert some influence.
Feb 21, 2010, 11:19 am
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If, if, if, if, if if. People have been lamenting the non-existent (and often non-changeable) since long before the days of Shakespeare. Good luck with that ^
Feb 21, 2010, 11:20 am
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It's called focusing and directing my response, not ignoring. Massive, massive difference.