I say it again. Your not with TSA any longer. Your TSA information isn't valid any longer. Why? Because your not with the TSA any longer. You should really stop posting as a TSA know-it-all and post (like me) as a TSA don't-know-it-all.

30% false positive article dated Sept 12th, 2002
BTW- Got milk?

Turbulent waters still lie ahead for Admiral Loy

http://www.janes.com/transport/news/...0912_1_n.shtml


"This is exacerbated by the reported high false alarm rates - around 30% - of the EDS units. EDS assesses objects by their density where, according to one expert, "plastic explosives look exactly like plum pudding, and vice versa." And, indeed, one US airport terminal was evacuated in June when an EDS machine warned of potentially explosive material which, upon inspection, turned out to be a jar of raspberry jam."

"On the other hand, Admiral Loy is clearly attempting to curb the more bizarre public behaviour of his employees. In May, a schoolboy flying home from a field trip carried a jar of pond water for his science studies, but was forbidden to take it into the aircraft until he drank and swallowed some of it to prove it was not a threatening liquid. In June, a female airline captain's nail scissors were confiscated on the grounds that she could not have anything on her person that would allow her to take control of an aircraft. In late August, TSA announced publicly that forced liquid drinking would cease, and also quietly instructed its staff to be less zealous in their scrutiny of flight crews."

[This message has been edited by CarmelGreg (edited Nov 24, 2003).]