studentff writes:
As for the denied boarding in PDX ^ ^ for standing your ground. I hope someone got fired there too for that violation of policy, but I doubt it happened.
I honestly don't know what happend at PDX beyond the fact that they thereafter let me keep my purse in my sight and stopped harassing me, which was my only goal. I was a bit of a local hero for a while with airline staff in both PDX and SEA. They had a copy of the article posted to the wall in the RCC bar. It was apparent that some of the TSA agents in PDX had also lorded their small bit of authority over employees as well as passengers.
At that point in time, SEA did a better job for the most part. I don't know what is up with this new routine of forcing elites into long, already over-burdened lines while leaving a couple of stations totally empty.