Originally Posted by gsoltso

I agree about many things you say here - foremost being that we should police ourselves, that is something I have been preaching and practicing since I got here. If you see something wrong, tell the person that is doing it wrong, what is right and help them get it right. I am not giving every TSO the benfit of the doubt, just that the information I have conflicts with some of the things I have heard here. That being said, I can't discuss specifics on SOP and procedures, but there is some conflict between what some here are saying and what I have heard. I do not defend TSOs that do what they are not supposed to - so I hope that you and some of the other folks here don't take it that way. Every bad experience (for whatever reason) makes my job harder, so I do not like bad experiences for any passenger. As far as balking over nudity, I personally would not do so, but that is something that would have to be discussed at a higher level than me.



I did not mean to say anything against you, or your commentary. I am not saying what you posted here did not happen to you, merely that some of the reports I have been reading and hearing from people at different airports do not match up. I try to take my time in commenting on policies, and I want to give the EPD a chance to be reviewed and implemented where I have a chance to see it in action before I comment on it. Not 'tude, simply waiting and commenting on information I recieved from other sources. All it takes is one TSO to do something wrong for a day to make for bad press for us for a month or so (not that this is wrong, just that it doesn't work both ways). Please don't take my commentary as a shot at you, it is just that I have information from other sources that is different than what you have said.



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