Originally Posted by
chollie
My new 'home' airport is PHX.
Several years ago a TSA person was checking the trunks of every rental car entering the rental return (in one of the garages). Stated that said action was "mandatory at every airport" (not true) because of "9/11" and if I were a "true citizen" then I shouldn't mind anything they do.
I had half a mind to leave the car at the curb and let the rental company deal with it, but voted with my business instead: I have not returned to PHX since. The three trips I made subsequent to that event were by private prop plane into one of the GA airports nearby (Mesa & Scottsdale).