Please explain this to me.........

I fly out of FLL. I fly DL but take US to fly home to PIT sometimes. FLL employs different "security" companies in terminal 2 where DL is and in terminal 3 where US is.

What is the purpose of having these pre-security "security" stationed at the entrance of the passenger lines before the WTMD where the TSA are stationed and staffed appropriately?

Why do these pre-security "security" people feel it's necessary to review my boarding pass? I almost b!tch-slapped this person at the entrance of the passenger lines this morning. She demanded to see my boarding pass and when I refused she said I had to show it to her. I told her she wasn't TSA. Those people are just steps away and it's their job to verify my boarding pass and ID. Not her.

I know which line I'm allowed to walk down. I've been flying for 13 years. I think I know my way around an airport better than these people.

When I flew US at Christmas, the gentleman stationed at the entrance of the passenger line there was on his cell phone the entire time I was walking through the queue. Never did he even want to look at anyone's boarding pass. He was just there to put his 8 hours in and nothing more.

I've emailed the FLL airport authority to explain why these "security" people are there but I doubt I'll get a reply. A good friend of mine works for Broward County and he told me point blank that they don't reply to emails like mine.


I have to admit I'm going to keep refusing to show my boarding pass to these pre-security "security" people. They don't work for the airline and they don't work for the TSA.