Originally Posted by
cbastian
I'm presently on my 11th flight in two months (4 of them int'l). Clearing security has never taken more than five minutes from the ID check to the exit, and I haven't seen anyone going through intrusive extra screening. Are people getting worked up about anecdotal stories, or do I just have the process down pat?
Honestly, I don't believe that it is because you have the process down pat. You have been fortunate, as have many others, to encounter nothing unremarkable.
I was the same, for many years, and was skeptical of a lot of what I read on line. But that changed very dramtically this year, and I have had several encounters which were inappropriate and simply wrong. My ratio of good to bad encounters changed significantly.
I do think that some of the anger may be turning off potential supporters of thsi cause, and I have never been one to use names or hyperbole. But at the same time I understand that anger, and why many are now releasing the anger. But I also find it wrong that too often every bad encounter is simply dismissed as 'it didn't happen' or 'the passenger was embellishing'. I cannot believe that is the case every single time.
There are a lot of stories coming to the forefront from people who were too scared to speak up before, or thought that their incident was extraordinary and not commonplace. Now they are speaking up and thus we are hearing more stories than ever before.
Originally Posted by
eyecue
A lot of the people that are jumping up and down about this have not been subjected to the process. They are pissed about the prospect of it and the fact that they may be on the receiving end of it. A lot of the stuff is hype and anecdotal. There have been several reported cases that have been found to be lies and hyperbole. The media is feeding the fire with gasoline and the subject is a hot one. I can say though that since TSA has started this process that we have scored 100 percent on detection of test items.
And a lot of the people who find nothing wrong with the process have not flown since the process changed. It goes both ways.