Originally Posted by
orr333
I flew PBI-ATL yesterday and they were yelling to everyone to hang on to their boarding passes while going through the scanners. I asked if this was a local thing. TSA Lady #1 said it was nationwide since Boston. TSA Guy #2 said it is just a PBI thing.
It very well may be a new thing but I did not encounter it on my MSP-ATL the previous Monday.
Do these regional nuances drive the TSA credibility down? Anybody else encounter this in the last week since Boston?
I ran into something similar last Thu, JFK T2. They didn't make a loud announcement but the guy at the Metal Detector asked for BP - I pointed and told him it was in my bag going through xray and he waived me through.
Until I saw your post I really hadn't given it much thought but it did seem a bit odd at the time?