Originally Posted by
petaluma1
You're going to be seeing more of this as a result of the most recent report on the poor performance by the TSA.
In another thread, a FT member mentioned seeing TSA doing document checks in the "sterile" area also.
More harassment of passengers instead of a total redesign and simplification of screening procedures, which is what is really needed.
After multiple incidents where pax get past security to the plane without a BP, there was only one solution: document inspection in the sterile area in an effort to catch those missed by the many TSOs/LTSOs/STSOs/BDOs standing around the checkpoint jacking their jaws and playing with their cellhphones instead of doing their jobs.