Originally Posted by
TXagogo
I just read a post in the opt-out day thread that has me enraged and which I will quote here:
"Flew out of BOS today. At the security checkpoint there was a young lady, a TSA employee, yapping very loudly how anybody who opts out of the xray won't get on their plane. She was sitting checking ID's and tickets and complaining how she wasn't able to go anywhere over Thanksgiving so anybody who opts out won't get on their plane either."
This got me to thinking about an idea that would not involve flying (thus we can continue to boycott the airlines so their bottom line gets hurt and they start to pressure the TSA and lawmakers) and would not cost people much money:
Would it be possible to get a few people in different cities to bring a videocamera or other video recording device (iphones, whatever) to document these checkpoints? I am thinking about a situation where three people show up together and each takes a recording shift. Then we might get some of these outrageous comments and intimidations/punishments on video. Maybe it could start in BOS - seems like they have been particularly bad based on some of the posts I have read on here.
Whatta yall think???
Bolding mine: It's nimrod-ettes like this one that give good TSO's a bad name but it is also a good idea to video this yutz with your cellphone or at least turn on the voice recording feature of one's cell phone if you hear threats like this (yes, what the TSO said is a threat) as it should be able to pick the voice as one's cellphone can still be on your person at the i/d checker and then turn the clip over to the media. Let's see the TSA try and spin that.
