Originally Posted by
clrankin
I thought that at least one of the TSOs on this board stated that it was TSA's policy
not to run after people who have entered the sterile area. Isn't that why they had a terminal dump recently-- because a passenger
walked away from a checkpoint not knowing that the inspection wasn't complete?
Well, that is at other airports. All airports are different and besides that they were doing it all wrong
Would TSA attempt to file murder charges if one of the TSOs keeled over from a heart attack during this chase (supposedly unauthorized)? We'd be seeing a state funeral for one of their minions who died in the ongoing battle for air safety.
Originally Posted by
clrankin
The checkpoint is a public place, in a public building. Pictures are allowed. To my understanding, the only thing that isn't allowed to be photographed are the images on the monitors (like X-ray images, etc.) that are there.
If I'd been that person, and if the TSO had caught me, I'd have refused to allow access to the photo. I may have even denied that I was the person who took the picture. By the time they would have the whole thing sorted out, the photo would be uploaded to somewhere else, so who cares if it gets deleted from the device...
Perhaps I'll add this to my list of "must dos" near a checkpoint. It seems as though snapping a photo or two might anger TSOs even more than comments about the nonsense that happens at their stations.
Discovered that TSOs really don't like being stared at either. So a stare down coupled with photography might make them go away.