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Old Jan 29, 2019, 8:02 am
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Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
Waiting to board my UA MCI-DEN and the contract workers here at MCI just wandered over and told the GA “not our choice” as they began to setup a secondary station in the second boarding lane. GA announced it was 100% ID checks and it appears they’ve got an ETD out as well. Haven’t seen one of these stations in quite a while, especially here at an airport where the checkpoint is 100 feet from the gate...
Not convinced that these gate screenings accomplish any real security objective other than proving that TSA's passenger screening is ineffective as long as airport workers remain unscreened.
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