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Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Why would the mother of a child with a pacemaker want the child to use a metal detector? Something doesnt add up, as usually it's pacemaker users who are told not to use metal detectors.
The mother of the child in the story seems to have embellished the story in such a way that I would be surprised if she does herself any favors in making her story to come across as credible as a story could be without such embellishments. It almost reads like something a kid would right in third or fourth grade when asked to tell a story of what they may have experienced.
I don't think that's what she wanted. Based on my reading she was expecting the boy to be screened using ETD as TSA had done in the past based on her account.
And why did it take 18 TSA and other people to handle a young boy? I think we have all seen video or read about TSA employees surrounding people to intimidate the traveler, and I think we have all seen cases where TSA makes screening as difficult as possible when TSA practices are questioned.
Getting all worked up over quote marks and the exact words used is a waste of time. Unless someone recorded the conversation it's all speculation. I think what many could agree to is that based on all information available to TSA at that moment this boy presented such a low level of risk as to not even register on the threat scale.
I'm not saying to not screen but ganging up and making things difficult, actually increased chances of a real threat getting through that checkpoint. TSA should recognize this but seems incapable of doing so.
Lastly, TSA has such a dismal PR rep that senseless things like this undermine all efforts to improve TSA's reputation with the public, business, and legislators. TSA is broken!