Originally Posted by
eyecue
The firing was quite a while ago. How it just got out to the news is not known. If you are needing to be screened in private screening and you refuse to go, it brings up a whole new set of issues. One is that you would be interfering with the screening process by being uncooperative. Two you would not be allowed to continue to the gate, three you would be referred to local law enforcement.
All law enforcement does is escort one from the airport. I know of at least two people who refused to go to a private room and were NOT charged with interfering with the screening process. As a matter of fact, one rescheduled the flight and got on another plane that very afternoon; the second person flew the next day.
We have read here of someone who refused and did receive a fine for "interfering with the screening process."
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23344306-post1.html
She "Got the "$11,000 fine but we're letting you off with a warning letter."
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...e-tsa-fun.html
*One could infer that the immediate reduction in the amount of the fine was because the TSA knew it couldn't claim "interfering with the screening process" because the passenger agreed to be screened but insisted it be done in public.