Originally Posted by MariaP

We had "bomb day" one year as part of our in-service training (local police department). While the boys ate up the testosterone rush, I found the training to be a big waste of time. Everyone knows what bombs do and what the impact is. I hope that this is not an example of what TSA considers quality training.

It's better than average training. They got to go on a field trip!

What would be far more useful training would be classes on how to actually find dangerous items but more relevant, how to use common sense to differentiate between dangerous and non dangerous items. How to use common sense when applying the rules and how to properly handle dangerous items when they are found.

Remember -- this is security theater. This time, the TSA clerks were the audience rather than the American public.

As mentioned in a previous thread, TSA has been known to confiscate liquids and gels which would have fit neatly into a one quart bag but were instead in a one gallon bag (taking up less than a quarter of it). Common sense: how does a tube of toothpaste go from innocuous to dangerous when placed in a different sized bag.

Same thing -- security theater.

Now, assuming that the toothpaste has indeed been properly identified as dangerous and possibly explosive, why is it tossed so casually in the trashcan at the checkpoint. If anyone truly thought for even one second that a confiscated gel or liquid was dangerous, the area should be evacuated, the bomb squad should be called in and the explosive should be isolated for a controlled detonation.

Same thing -- security theater.

So, you either think my item is an explosive or not. which is it?