Originally Posted by studentff
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There have been multiple reported cases of theft by screeners at DEN. Those are facts. The reports seem to be a little less frequent now, and it appears that the offenders are being fired and dealt with. But I'd still be careful everywhere and a little more so at DEN.
True, and I know about all of them, the lesso2 post said that a theft occured with a screener right in front of someone. That is not factual.. Both cp thefts occured while the passenger was present but they didnt know it had happened till later on. The inference in his post was that it was seen and reported immediately. Almost a red handed catch. This hasnt been the case.
And it matters not to passengers if WTMDs are set differently or if they are all set the same but the dielectric and metal environments around the WTMDs cause them to behave differently. What matters to passengers is if they set off the WTMD while carrying their usual complement of clothes and metal, and based on passenger reports here, there is inconsistency at DEN and elsewhere.
I'm not sure what rational reason TSA has for being so secretive about WTMD settings. Anyone who flys a lot or even anyone who peruses FT posts from early 2001 to present can get a reasonable approximation as to when major (national) changes in sensitivity happened and when large-scale equipment replacements happened.
I dont follow you on the sensativity settings. The thing that makes me nuts is that TSA is accused of changing settings on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. This is not the case. The WTMD that we have have not been changed in sensativity since they were installed. I can tell you that the settings is a number that means nothing to us. While that number is standard throughout the United States, there are environmental issues that you alluded to that affect performance. For example in Denver there are trains under the floor. These trains cause a vibration. The vibration is picked up by the WTMD. Some of the WTMD have had adjustments to the RX antenna phasing to compensate for this. However the sensativity calibration remains constant.. But just try to come through one of these machines with Photogray spectacles on and you wont make it.