Originally Posted by
spotnik
(bolding mine)
These would all be cases that would fit under the "medically necessary" exemptions.
The TSA website lists specifically allowed items include "Liquids including water, juice, or liquid nutrition or gels for passengers with a disability or medical condition;"
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...eds/index.shtm
If you have any problems bringing items which are
required for a medical condition you need to elevate the issue to a supervisor, manager, or as far as it needs to go.
If you cannot get proper resolution, you need to report the matter to the TSA civil rights office, at a minimum.
http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/civilr...travelers.shtm
Also, it is
not my job to give anyone "warm fuzzies" for my employer. It is my job to give accurate information within the limits of my knowledge and SSI restrictions. No offense, I just want to make my position clear.
there is one problem however with the escalation as it all depends on what kind of a power trip the screener and subsequent supervisor might take all the way up to "d-y-w-t-f-t".
very few pax know about "their rights" let alone the links that you provided (which btw, i carry hard copies with me [and have for well over 3 years] when i fly due my orthopedic shoes and orthotics)
the key is not only education on the part of the pax but also on the part of the tsa as they need to be proactive and not reactive. tsa "corporate" needs to get the word out the way they did on the kippie freedom baggies and tsa "front line" (not all but many) needs to be properly trained in these areas as well