Originally Posted by
TSORon
When I was in the military dogs were certified at 70% or higher.
The dog and the handler work as a team, the dog can do absolutely everything correct per its training and the handler can still miss it. But if the dog misses the item then there is no way that the handler can tell.
That's still a much higher detection rate than we have with TSA currently. @:-)
Originally Posted by
senseker
Thankyou. And yea, I've heard some horror stories about TSO's at other airports, but I haven't heard of any real bad TSO's at my airport in quite awhile The last incident I remember of a TSO doing stealing was back in january of '08 when this guy was stealing stuff from our own breakrooms.
Working for a contractor, you have something TSA doesn't: accountability.
Now tell me, when that person was caught, how long did it take to can him?
And similarly, if a screener isn't performing up to snuff, what happens? Do they still have a job and get retrained repeatedly, or are they let go?
If the answer to both questions is quickly and let go, then your organization is clearly different than TSA.
I can tell you that working as a federal contractor, if my customer doesn't like what I'm doing on my contract, I can be gone that day. Govies just get tucked off in a corner and forgotten about.
Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Passengers shouldn't have to ask. It should be part of the SOP for a passenger's belongings to be in view of the passenger at all times, without having to specifically "ask" for this great "favor".
Yeah, like the great favor they did for me by helping me look for my laptop that someone walked off with when I was in the penalty box for refusing the WBI.
