Originally Posted by
eyecue
The last two days at DEN have been very interesting in that respect. There has been a lot more LEO stand ups for patdowns. A lot more irate people. One person said that we need to be specific in our advisals and include the word balls. One today just said this is efing bs. So much so that he almost did not get to continue. It started at the AIT when his cold start met me head on and I asked if he wanted to opt out. I believe that it is only a matter of time before before this really escalates into something that no one wants.
Thanks, eyecue, for revealing this SSI. I expect you might get scolded for releasing this damning information on the initial backlash of the literal ball busting by TSA. I hope they keep it up until critical mass is reached, which will happen shortly after next Tuesday.
The buzz on the net about TSA has been 100 times higher than ever before, including the nude-o-scope introductions. TSA has never gotten this much press is any 48 hours in its history, all of which is negative. NOBODY has said anything positive about this new development.
This will bring serious attention to the ethics of the whole operation.
Screeners will get decked, maybe tomorrow. I'll be watching the news.
Passengers will back out and create a scene.
Airlines will file formal complaints on behalf of their passengers.
Hockey fights for sure.
TSA will lose.
Congress will drop the 2011 nude-o-scope budget.
The threat level will magically drop a notch, and we will return to normal,
intrusive 2008-2009 levels.
EPIC will beat DHS in court.
Nude-o-scopes will be resigned to voluntary, secondary screening.
I hope.
I hope for this Country.