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Old Nov 25, 2015, 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by gingersnaps
To my knowledge the OIG did not distinguish between Precheck and standard, when discussing the 95% failure rate. But is there a reasonable expectation that the detection rate on Precheck would be different?
You accused Pistole of prioritizing speed over rigorous screening, thus leading to the test failures.

If that's the case - speed and efficiency are incompatible with thorough invasive screening - then the failure rate should be higher in the Pre lanes because they are taking 'shortcuts' to speed the process.

By 'shortcuts', I think we all mean reducing the amount of clothing removed and the frequency of having a TSO physically lay hands on you.

TSOs are missing things because they are on their cellphones or engaging in personal conversations. Those who are supposed to be monitoring their behavior are either 1) clustered in a group of STSOs and LTSOs and toady TSOs standing off to the side playing games on their phones or chatting or 2) sitting in their FSD office far away from checkpoints and baggage inspection.

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