Originally Posted by lovely15

Interesting comments. I do somewhat understand the rule, but dang, I'm a young, very, very white blond woman with a boarding pass that says PLATINUM on it and a GE card. The only vulnerabilities I'm looking for are the ones which allow me through with the least amount of hassle.

In fact, I did have them call LE over. That particular LEO found the entire thing ridiculous, especially as the TSO was holding my boarding pass that I had "surrendered" as "proof" I had no intention of flying and was ready to escort me out, except the TSO said no. Which is really why I was asking the question. I didn't quite feel like pushing them far enough to get arrested, but it did appear they had no interest in arresting me. And after I took my boarding pass back, how would TSA know my name in order to level civil penalties against me?

I did offer to go through the scanner again, and was told that was not allowed either. I wonder why.

I'm also curious - on a somewhat side note - about how I can consent to be sexually assaulted. I can't consent to being murdered, so how is this different?