Originally Posted by
Comcerneddisabledflier
When you arrange special screening ahead of time for medical reasons, they seem to hand search your luggage with you in the room. I just flew on Thursday, and the luggage was never out of my view. They seem to like the fact I am arranging for things ahead of time because I have an inhaler and ostomy paste with me at the moment and they would do hand screenig anyway.
And that is my point - they do it in a
private room. Other passengers cannot see what is happening, and if something does happen, I suspect that you have little recourse. It is your word against their word. If there is a camera, trying to obtain the footage seems to be very challenging.
Many of us are extremely hesitant to go anywhere with TSA and especially without a witness. I would even go as far as to say that this is bad advice, especially for a single female traveller.