Originally Posted by
ORDofcr
I will be posting pictures. These signs are not airport specific except for the different technologies. These signs are mandatory to be placed outside of any of the WBI machines. The signage is a requirement by the WBI SOP. If you ever encounter a WBI without the required signage please by all means bring this point up to a screening supervisor.
Thanks for your help with this.
I don't think anyone doubts that the signs exist - that is, that TSA has designed, printed and distributed these signs. We all understand, too, that TSA HQ has stated that it's mandatory to place the signs outside the WBI.
The disconnect is between what TSA HQ says is policy, and the reality at the dozens of airports (soon to be hundreds) using WBI. There are many, many reports of the signs being in the wrong place, being obscured by TSA staff or lines of passengers, being AFTER the WBI, facing the wrong way, being printed on 8 1/2 by 11" paper with small font, or not being there at all.
There's a
whole thread started by Blogdad Bob from PV where FTers can report locations with missing (or misplaced) signs. In one case (
link), BB contacted the airport and they put the signs back in the right place. (For the next day, at least.)
So while the SOP may require signs, individual checkpoints fail to put them out, and it's up to frequent flyers to let Bob know so they can fix it. Not a great system.
