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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 3:36 pm
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pmocek
 
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Why did anyone stop for TSA *after* the flight? Just walk on by.
Originally Posted by schematic
UA896 arrived in Chicago today, only about 30 minutes late, but exiting the plane took forever because the TSA was checking each passenger's passport at the exit of the jetway.
Are you confident that it was TSA? If I'm headed for the exit at an airport, I am almost certainly not going to stop to talk to TSA staff, much less show them any documentation. If they don't like it, they can show me to the door. They have no authority to detain.

Seriously: Why would anyone think TSA has any authority to examine his paperwork after a flight?
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