Originally Posted by
Reamorama
Had this happen in MPTO to LAX on Copa. Waiting at the gate and these shady characters in uniform came and setup a table, theater line ropes, and had everyone check their carry ons. Open them up ruffle around (in plain view of the entire terminal I might ad) and carry on. None of them spoke a lick of English.
Honestly, if they are not in an English speaking country I cannot take issue with them not speaking English.
I think that it is an insult that the contract screeners in certain countries cannot speak the native language there however and assume that people boarding a US carrier bound for the US are English as primary language speakers. Several in Germany who do the UA interviews cannot speak German well enough to conduct the silly interview questions and several more use American slang and get huffy if passengers do not understand.