Originally Posted by
muji
I checked the FT glossary (and Googled), but could not find explanations for these TSA-related initials: TSO, LEO, FSD, LTSO, STSO. Would someone be able to explain what the initials mean – and how the hierarchy works? From reading FT posts I have deduced that the TSO (“transportation security officer”?) is the lowest-level character that interacts with you at the checkpoint, but I am unclear who the others are and what their roles are.
All of those acronyms are actually in the TS/S glossary sticky:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-glossary.html
Originally Posted by The Travel Safety/Security Forum Glossary
AFSD = Assistant Federal Security Director
AFSD-LE = Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement
AFSD-O = Assistant Federal Security Director for Operations
AFSD-S = Assistant Federal Security Director for Screening
FSD = Federal Security Director
LEO = Law Enforcement Officer
LTSO = Lead Transportation Security Officer (aka "two-stripers")
STSO = Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (aka "three-stripers," aka "sups")
TSM = Transportation Security Manager
TSO = Transportation Security Officer (aka "goons," aka "smurfs," aka "TSAbots," et al)