Originally Posted by
SATTSO
The TSO at the TDC was not doing that to be a jerk. It is now policy at several airports, possibly to expand to many/all airports. But I guess many here will see a TSO carrying out a policy they do not like as that TSO being a jerk. Like the guy last year who filed a complaint about me because I was "rude" for using the HHMD on him when he alarmed the WTMD.
Is there a purpose to pronouncing your name? If that trips up a potential terrorist, I don't have much faith that they would complete their mission as planned anyway.
What happened to the HHMD? I never see it used anymore. My home airport is small and does not have the scanners yet. I almost always set off the WTMD, but I rarely set it off elsewhere. That instantly leads to a full body patdown. I used to get the HHMD treatment, but haven't for a long while. I preferred that to the patdown.