Originally Posted by
ralfp
Oddly enough, this Tuesday AM was the first time in a while that I witnessed the NoSs at ORD not being used at all (at least in the T1 premier line). Maybe the TSA employees realized the havoc the new rules would cause in terms of delay?
I have no doubt that an current equipment- or staffing-related limitation creating delays due to the "changes" is not something the TSA wants to publicly acknowledge or make more obvious to more persons.
Yesterday afternoon -- during non-peak hours -- all of the functioning TSA strip search machines at ORD were being used.
Does the TSA think that terrorists have an aversion to trying to engaging in criminal activity at peak times of the day? [Didn't all of the 9/11 hijackers go through airport security at one of the busiest times of the day for the airports at which they boarded?] Terrorists clearly have no good reason to fear the strip search machines if packing explosives in their body cavities; and they don't have every reason to worry about being caught for explosives if some kind of explosives are packed in a way that seems mundane on the x-ray machines generally in use for screening luggage -- cabin or checked -- in the US.
Originally Posted by ralfp
As always, I had no problem with a BP that did not include my middle initials (my PP card, DL, etc. have them).
However, how would the TSA employee know the secure flight data transmitted by the airline? Is that printed on the BP? I was under the impression that the two could vary.
They can and do vary.