As for BDOs and all that BS I think its a waste of time and money because the program is so full of holes from the word go. Then the training to make the person a "expert" just like those dumb and misleading annoucements in the terminal about the liquid farce and "expert" xray screening, for which i chuckle at because whats the failure percentage? The training is like a couple of days, give me a break as other government agencys and governments around the world take many magnitude longer if not a lifetime to master that skill set if at all. Then TSAs use of "Just trust us!" on so many things including this means i dont trust you at all, and when you add the transgressions I have witnessed or encountered means yall get treated like you have treated me which is like crap, so if you dont like it then you might want to look at yourself and your co-workers for reasons why.

I have played with BDOs because they are so dang easy to spot its not funny. I had one at JFK hang onto me for which i spent 5 minutes messing with and going round and round this plain clothes BDO and then told him to go pound sand and spot someone else. I wish i had my camera out cause it was a kodak moment and then quickly disappeared into a do that had a DHS seal on it LOL. Then i had a uniformed one at LAX on my way back that tried the same thing that didnt like it when i gave him the cold shoulder and was in no mood to talk as I was tired from traveling for 36+ hours, so when he pressed further I answered his question so the whole terminal could hear it (i wont repeat here cause it might offend you) for which you could have heard a rat sneeze after that. Got a number of smiles and thumbs up from others waiting in line, including the LEO right infront of me. Didnt get bothered going through the WTMD or with my bag. The LAX CP crew was probably afriad it might start a riot if they tried anything.