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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:01 pm
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Originally Posted by goalie
it's a wast of time, effort, resources and money to have the bp checked a second time if the person verifying it at the first check does their job. if the checker can't find the quad on a bp, then they need another job as it ain't rocket science but it sure is, as i said before, a waste of time, effort, resources and (my hard earned taxpayer) money to have multiple bp checks-doesn't say much for the management and operations at a given airport if they do it this way.

now some pointed questions....

joe pax is a quad and is for whatever reason, he is not maSSSSaged at the checkpoint.

what system is in place to know that joe pax is on flight such and missed his maSSSSage. it's left up to the g/a to look at the bp for an "official tsa all clear stamp" which afaic, is not a g/a's job to fix a tsa mistake but the tsa's themselves-but who am i to poitn blame?

ok, so the g/a catches it and the tsa is called to give the maSSSSage-if joe pax misses his flight because the doors are closed while he is waiting for the tsa to show up, who's responsible?

also, let's say for sake of argument again, that joe pax is a quad, gets his maSSSSage as per procedure but then after entering the "secure area" of the terminal, for whatever reason, doesn't take the flight and leaves the airport (i.e. ms joe pax called and said come home, the baby is in the hospital). that to me is much more serious than a quad not getting their maSSSSage as now a selectee has gone thru the dog, pony and shoe show but then leaves and is to the airline, simply a no show. what is this type of pax to the tsa? i say the biggest security risk there is as there is now no record of this pax after they rec'd their maSSSSage. now let me guess, the official party line (oops, tsa response) would be "we followed our procedure and are not responsible for a pax actions once they clear the security checkpoint and enter into the secure are of the terminal" gmafb
Obviously, you have taken too many pucks to the head.

It's a simple concept: avoid a passenger from leaving the checkpoint without the determined amount of screening. Should a passenger arrive at the gate without it, they cannot be permitted to board. If someone chooses to miss their flight, nobody cares.
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