Originally Posted by
doober
I don't know what gsoltso's answer will be, but other screeners have told us they get no training in identifying drugs, so basically it's all a matter of what they think it might be.
I suspect as much so my question goes to how any person might have the knowledge to ID illegal drugs.
The educational requirements to be a TSO are pretty basic. If they have no training provided by their employer giving them the skill to ID drugs then I suggest they do not have said skills to do so. I also suggest they have no reason to suspect an unknown item to be an illegal item unless it impacts aviation safety. This goes also for some legal items like large sums of cash. Clearly these things should not be of interest to TSA.
The problem is that TSA is doing all it can to become a unregulated State Police Force. As it is now we have to have permission from TSA to travel, even within our on state, should we choose to travel by mass transportation.
TSA has secret rules that travelers must comply with yet will not disclose those rules.
TSA will not provide clear information for the new WBI Strip Search Machines they are trying to force on the public.
I fail to see how anyone can support this agency.