Originally Posted by
Tom M.
so why would a TSORon ask about an audio track that he should know doesn't exist?
You know why...he's pointing out that we have incomplete information, yet knowing that most of us don't have a problem deciding exactly what happened. And Ron is correct in pointing that out.
Originally Posted by
LessO2
Here is the video. Warning: 10 minutes long.
Has very pro-passenger narrative to it.
I thought the TSA doesn't confiscate items. Kind of looks like it here.
We do not confiscate items. Though you may not agree, the TSO cut the lady some slack. When we are called to do a bag check we are to take control of the bag/item, escort the passenger over to a table that has access to ETD, and conduct the search there. Until the end of the process we are to remain in control if the bag/item. That the TSO eventuall conducted the search on the line, not requiring the woman to walk to another area further away from her elderly mother, is evidence she was somewhat lenient. That the TSO allowed the woman herself to throw away the items while still in the checkpoint was extremely lenient of her (btw, the TSO could get in trouble for these violations of SOP - and we are back to another question: do you want TSOs to follow SOP, or make up their own rules?).
So, again, in answer to your question, she took control of the items to bring the woman to a table to conduct the screening. It was not a confiscation.