FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Additional TSA security at the gate
View Single Post
Old Jan 21, 2017 | 12:41 pm
  #7  
justhere
10 Countries Visited20 Countries Visited30 Countries Visited15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: PHX
Programs: AA Gold, WN A+ & CP, HH Diamond, Hyatt Platinum, National Executive Elite
Posts: 3,258
Originally Posted by joshua362
What are they trying to accomplish besides security theatre and overtime pay?
TSA: "We know we miss a lot of stuff when you go through security so we'll just try to catch it at the gate."

I can see why they would do this, especially when they didn't catch the box cutter that I forgot was in my jacket the other day.
justhere is offline