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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 10:57 pm
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HSVTSO Dean
 
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Originally Posted by Lumpy
...and yet the mandate for "continuous screening" (and wasn't there one also for continuous secondary screening?) has not been lifted, right?

So, what are the good ol boys and gals over at TSA calling it INSTEAD of SSSS?
"Continuous screening" was in reference to secondary screenings. That's what it was called when people who didn't alarm were pulled aside. Now, it's no longer called "continuous screening." It's now known as "unpredictable screening."

(Though many TSOs still call it continuous, just as many of us still call the WTMD a "mag" even though it's not, technically, an accurate term anymore, from what I've been told.)

And selectees don't get a new, fancy name, Lumpster. They have just, for the most part, gone away. Leastwise at Huntsville, anyway; like I said, we haven't had anyone with the S-Marks of Doom on their boarding pass in almost a week on my shift. I know it's going to be hard for you to accept it, man, but the SSSS system hasn't been replaced with something far more nefarious and oppressive (and, just for the sake of argument, I'll throw in a — yet).

I'll find out tomorrow whether or not I'm allowed to give the synopsis of what's changed.
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