<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Fenito:
This is our entire screening process. Give me you opinions. Once past the ticket check by ITS you are directed to one of the four lanes (on the south there are four, on the north there are two). One of those lanes, being a selectee lane.
Anyways, we suggest that shoes other than tennis shoes be removed UNLESS you know they won't alarm going through the metal detector. If you pass through and no problems are found in your carry on items then you are done.
If the xray person sees nothing in the bag and the person doesn't alarm coming through. That should be it. And I've brought this up many times. But, I've been given the same excuse by them saying DC says we gotta do it.
Also, a baggage issue I don't particularly agree with is wrapped gifts. We've been told that even if we are slow and we get a box or suitcase full of gifts we will not be allowed to xray them. We have to unwrap each one.
Our supervisors told us that everyone has been instructed not to bring wrapped gifts to the airport, but still I know there are some people who don't have a clue. That's about it for this issue.</font>
Your process sounds fine...in print. I haven't heard of any FF'ers disputing your GSO claims.
As for wrapped presents, did your airport telephone/email/mail all GSO in/out bound travelers and tell them wrapped gifts WILL BE UNWRAPPED? This is just plain stupid unless it's a foil type paper that you can't "x-ray" through.
I believe the TSA "recommended" we not wrap presents (TSA posters remind us constantly that these are not mandatory), they also recommend we remove our shoes and recommend we leave our luggage unlocked all ending with an unspoken/unwritten "or else" clause. Your agency will continue to attempt to remain unaccountable for IT'S ACTIONS and IT'S Policies however the Customer will win. TSA will be greatly dismembered and dojang or no dojang, respect or no respect ain't gonna put humpty back together again....