Originally Posted by red456
What do I want?
First I want the flying public to be informed of how TSA agents are trained to do searches and what is an acceptable search. All back of the hand? Can a breast be squeezed or cupped?
Back of hand is only for sensitive areas. Breast cupping or squeezing is a no no.
I want all agent to wear tags that clearly display their names, in letters large enough to be read by anyone who is not legally blind.
That is supposed to be the case.
If they are going to insist that everyone remove their shoes, then help should be offered to the elderly and/or disabled. I witnessed a very elderly gentleman, traveling alone, being forced to remove his tie shoes in EWR and no one was allowed to help him.
TSA screeners are supposed to assist in this.
I want the TSA to recognize that some people do not have range of motion in their limbs to raise them or hold them at the level that TSA seems to demand. I witnessed another incident, this with an older woman, who told the screener she could not raise her arm as high as he was demanding. I thought for an few moments that he was going to pull it up to a position that suited him until another agent intervened.
TSA screeners are supposed to be cognizant of this.
I want any screening of women to be done by other women and behind a screen, with a witness chosen by the person being searched if she as asks for a witness.
The private screening request is honored if made. Not everyone wants it. The witness issue is up to the passenger also.
No removal of the final layer of clothing, no picking up of shirts to visualize a bra, no unzipping of pants and no gawking down the waistband of pants.
Final layer as in before the skin or as in outer most? If it before the skin, it should not come off. If it is outermost and its baggy it should be removed. Requests to pick up shirts to see waistline are not allowed. Unzipping pants is not allowed, Gawking down waistband? Hmm that is ambiguous. Have to see what is there in order to screen it or touch it.
If minors are pull aside to be patted down, a parent must be able to be by the child's side. Unescorted minors must be given a chaperone who is not a TSA employee.
It is supposed to be done this way.
I want the TSA to admit that these searches can be humiliating and traumatizing to some individuals.
They do.
Above all, I want the TSA to admit that these searches are nothing but a waste of time. We've been there, done that with the shoe and bra thing (at least allegedly with the bra thing). The next bomb will be in a body cavity.
They are not a waste of time. I dont understand you remark about been there done that with the shoe and bra thing. The last sentence is speculation.