Originally Posted by
oneofthosepeopleyouloveto hate
Actually, if it appears there's a bomb in the bag, we would follow a different protocol rather than taking it out of the machine, jiggling it around and possibility detonating it.
That's called "cautious" -- another way of saying SMART!
If it had been suspected of being a bomb, the terminal would have been cleared.
What I witnessed was nothing more than TSO ineptitude, no matter how hard you try to spin it.