Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
I am very disappointed that Pistole did not include active and retired military in the trusted traveler group. Tells me something about the guy.
Originally Posted by
SATTSO
Not surprised that some on FT will see this negatively. Which goes to prove what I have said before - if TSA were to do what you want, you would turn around and be critical of it.
I believe SATTSO has hit the nail on the head, squarely.
Remember this guy??
Originally Posted by
rochel
For me this still doesn't change the fact that the current TSA procedures have caught no points of risk that I am aware of during security inspections at all. All of the current inspection protocol is reactive to past events - underwear bomber, liquids bomber, shoe bomber.
There, fixed it for you (bolded addition mine). Fact is that more than 50% of what TSA does is not immediately visible to the traveling public. Passengers most often interact with the TSO’s on the checkpoint, yet there is a significant number of TSO’s who do not work checkpoints, who do other jobs for the TSA, who manage plans and programs or man the TSOC Freedom Center in Virginia, or any one of many other duties or assignments.
Originally Posted by
JumboD
This is an outright lie.
As is the existence of your entire professional organization.
You believe both of your statements to be true, yet the law disagrees. Can you explain why there is such a gulf between your belief’s and what the law says?
Originally Posted by
mikeef
We actually don't live in a democracy, we live in a representative republic. Probably a good thing, since I don't want a referendum on every question that somebody chooses to ask.
Ahhh, but if I or another TSO member of this forum were to say that there would be 5 or 6 other members ready to pick that idea apart. It’s already happened, several times. I note that none have done so with your statement. Again, I believe SATTSO has hit the nail squarely on its head.
Originally Posted by
InkUnderNails
As have I as evidenced by my CCP and approval for NEXUS. Would you feel the same about my knife? (I am not asking about my firearm.)
I can’t speak for Bart, but for myself it would not. I also have a CCP, and I have a security clearance, and I work for the TSA, but I don’t expect that my fellow TSO’s will allow me to take anything aboard an aircraft that is disallowed for other passengers.
Originally Posted by
carolinaflyr
Politics tells us that there will never be a "rule" that says that it's ok for Inkundernails and carolinaflyr to carry weapons on board because we were prescreened and found not to be a threat.
But good risk management can say "We know that carolinaflyer and inkundernails probably won't bring a Glock on board and we really don't care about their pocketknife, shave gel or shampoo so let's spend time and money on something , and bother someone, else.
Unfortunately folks no different from either carolinaflyer or inkundernails bring Glocks to the screening checkpoint every day. 15 to 20 a week on average. Some weeks more, some less, but a week has not gone by yet that it has not happened. So no, we don’t “know” that carolinaflyer or inkundernails might bring their Glock someday.
Originally Posted by
iowakatie1981
I have a full-length leg prosthesis, therefore, I am permanent SSSS. I will never again board a plane without having my breasts and labia touched. Can you fix that, Bart? Can you convince someone that I'm not really a risk, so I don't have to be molested and have my ovaries xrayed every time I fly?
I didn't think so.
Until then, I will continue to maintain that the TSA discriminates against disabled passengers.
Sorry, but treating you differently because of your additions or “disabilities” does not mean that someone is discriminating against you. Your situation requires variations in how people deal with you, not just at the checkpoint but everywhere, are they also discriminating against you? No, its just the reality of the situation.
Your argument is like the “black man” who gets stopped by the cops and screams “its racism” and ignores the fact that he was doing 45mph in a 25mph zone. The reality is that your personal situation requires a different approach. Saying that it is “discrimination” does not change that reality, it only makes it more dramatic. And we all need more “drama” in our lives now don’t we.