Originally Posted by
FriendlySkies

So much for it being a sterile area... I was under the impression that FAMs entered the "sterile area" using other methods. It would probably be pretty noticeable for a FAM like person to be spotted if they had a TSO opening the gate every time they were at a checkpoint...
I remember seeing one FAM would wouldn't have looked obvious otherwise (young, looked a bit like one of those kids in the military who wear the DOD issued horn-rimmed glasses) walk past the lines, show his tin to the TDC and run up the stairs carrying his rollaboard by the top of the telescoping handle looking like a total feminine cleansing device.