Originally Posted by
DeaconFlyer
Some of you guys crack me up. How many times have you posted that TSA should follow the SOP and that consistency is key? But when its revealed that an officer was actually correctly following SOP, you jump all over him for not bending the rules.
Unfortunately, you can't have it both ways.
What SOP's would those be? Since the SOP's are SSI and not available to the general public for review we have no idea when to believe a TSO. TSO's have discretionary authority to prevent a passenger from bringing something past the checkpoint, even if it is not on the banned list. They could have used that same discretionary authority to help this passenger travel with their items as well.