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Jun 17, 2010 | 8:14 am

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Originally Posted by jkhuggins

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Originally Posted by unLogical

There was a case of an airline agent bring a passengers bag around security. They were caught and the agent was fired.

I wish I could find the link to that story, but if I recall correctly, they were caught by a passenger observing the breach, not by TSA. That still sounds like a TSA failing to me.

Yep, it was an alert passenger that saw what was going on, not the TSA.

FBI: Airline worker helped get gun on plane

6-4-09
PHILADELPHIA - The FBI charged a US Airways employee with helping his roommate get a concealed, semiautomatic handgun onto a plane departing Philadelphia early Thursday.

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Young, 29, was moving to Phoenix and had asked Milledge about the procedures for transporting guns. Milledge, 38, instead agreed to carry the bag through an employee entrance so it would not be screened by security.

An alert fellow passenger saw the switch and, sensing that Milledge seemed "fidgety," raised concerns. Young, already on the plane, allegedly denied to a US Airways manager that he had switched bags with anyone. The plane then started to taxi, but was soon called back to the gate so Young could be removed.

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