Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
But that's not legal, either! It may be SOP, but it's not legal. Whether or not a right to fly exists, both the ADA and the 14th Amendment do not allow the Federal government the right to deny air travel to a person without a valid reason. Saying "we don't have the available tools to screen them" is not a valid reason.
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Here is my take on what would actually happen the first day of this law if TSA folks try to not give a pat down and refuse access to our flights. Remember there would be thousands of business people who need to get somewhere and could lose deals worth millions, tourist who have non-refundable vacations, people who need to get to the side of a sick relative and such.
If denied access I would refuse to move. Those around we who are also refused access would start to get the idea and eventually there would be a large number of people who also refuse to leave the security area. Can you imagine hundreds of people complaining around the screening area?
Eventually someone would bolt into the gate area (not me I don't want to lose my CCL nor am I condoning this). There would be all kinds of confusion and mayhem. The LEO would call for backup but what are they going to do with 10-15 officers (yes these are officers) with such a large loud crowd? Are they going to arrests 300 people? I don't think that they would have the facilities for this.
If they do that's fine. It would be on national news which the main idea. There would be a large public discussion how the flying public has to be exposed to ionizing radiation or have there sex organs touched. Will be interesting.