Originally Posted by
G_Wolf
I wonder if the TSA employees at the checkpoint don't have the keys to the TSA-approved locks? Maybe only the baggage screeners for the checked luggage have them?
That's the point. At the checkpoint, I am right there to unlock my bag for the search. There's no reason a TSO should be rifling through my bag without my knowledge. I know it's allowed, but if the bag is locked, they are more likely to ask the pax to unlock the bag.
On one occasion at ATL, IIRC, I got my bag pulled for a check - suspicious object. The 'suspicious' item was all alone in the end (shoe) pocket of my gym duffel. It was a TSA-approved lock.
The bag searcher said the x-ray tech had never seen one before. He told me he'd 'let me off this time', but such locks were only for checked bags. ??? So? Was he saying it is illegal to even carry them in one's carry-on?
