Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Do you have to prove your disability to a TSO when asked? No.
Does a TSO have to allow you to proceed through the checkpoint? No.
Actually… yes they do. And they have to provide reasonable accommodations.
This is an issue I'm actively litigating:
https://s.ai/tsa/legal/bos &
https://s.ai/tsa/legal/sfo
However:
will a TSO blatantly violate the law and make things up, including interrogation or denigration of disabilities and refusal to accommodate? Absolutely yes, IME.
How to cope with <redacted by moderator> who violate the own laws they purportedly work under is … a difficult question. "Cooperate", giving up your right to privacy etc, and maybe they'll deign to treat you decently. Or maybe not. Assert your rights in full, and maybe they'll realize they are up against litigation liability, and back down. Or maybe not.
Until they are subject to injunctions and multi-hundred-thousand damage awards in court — and a lot of negative press, preferably on national TV — I don't believe that will change significantly.
IME — and based on evidence obtained via FOIA — me being on TV
did lead directly to SFO staff getting re-trained on medical liquids. But TSA doubled down on its rule when it came to responding to me like the court ordered, as opposed to admitting I was right when the press asked.