chollie

I'm guessing there have been recent incidents of TSOs using their 'final say' and recent exercises as an excuse to steal pax snacks. There have been reports of pax being forced to remove all snacks and food at the checkpoint, granola bars and other dry goods confiscated.

Then all of a sudden, AskTSA starts fielding a lot of questions asking 1) if snacks are allowed and 2) what QUANTITY of snacks are allowed.

Usually, AskTSA is a good indicator of what TSA is doing even when TSA is denying it. (This is not the only forum where TSA is discussed) Why do women keep asking about knitting needles? Because knitters talk to each other, and TSOs do confiscate knitting needles and crochet hooks if they feel like it. People ask about cupcakes and light sabers and Harry Potter wands because all of those items are regularly confiscated and have made the news.

This tells me that there are multiple screeners out there harassing people not only on the amount of breast milk and baby food they are taking, but also the amount of snacks. Perhaps this is coming from the 'academy' training.