Originally Posted by LessO2
There was no inference about how or when the guy got caught. In fact, you would read my statement again, the only inference I made was that this was NOT done in front of the victim's eye.
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Tried to steal it in front of everyone else." Thats your line.
As for the WTMD settings, I don't know what else to say. In the past, I went through different lines at DEN, then I started tracking which lanes were set off by my belt (the same one, plus the same shoes, every time I travel). I quickly found out which lanes do not get set off by my belt (and yes, there are multiple lanes).
I don't buy your argument about train vibration. I have gone through the checkpoint past the skybridge over in Concourse A and have identified the same thing. The train is further below that checkpoint than the terminal vs. the north and south "main" checkpoints.
Ever heard of harmonic vibration as it applies to structural mechanics? I was present on the bridge when they scoped the mag and you can "see" when the train goes under the building.
And the other thing about airports having different settings. Trust me, I fly more than I care to think about, and it happens. If you do not want to believe me and want to fault train vibration, be my guest. But don't try to baffle me or anyone else with BS because you do not have the first-hand knowledge and experience that I do about this issue. If you want to say I don't have my facts straight, then so be it. I know I do, and I am extremely comfortable and confident in my words. If your agency wasn't so hard-headed, I would actually contact a supervisor and point out which ones are set lower. I wouldn't bother mentioning how other airports have it set differently, because through the words of your DEN colleagues regarding shoes, they would just say (and this seems to be the favorite line) "well, they're doing it wrong."
Trust you? Are you forgetting that I work for the TSA?
I have more knowledge about the settings of the WTMD than you do by virtue of the fact that I work there. The settings are all posted on each machine on a TSA label. They are all the same as far as sensativity is concerned. I alluded to the other settings and how they affect the WTMD.
If you want to maintain an uppity image that the rest of your agency possesses, again, be my guest. All that does is enrage frequent fliers, both on this board and at the checkpoints. And you wonder why we sometimes get hostile towards your agency.
I dont wonder anything.
On a personal note, I have to say I am flattered to be your target of ire. No comments, replies or notes of appreciation to the people who originally posted replies to your question....just a challenge to my point about who may or may not have SEEN the crime that was committed by your former colleague. And the WTMD setting...well, I made my case. To challenge my words not based on the point, but just a mere unintentional inference is rather amusing. And I thank you for the attention that you give me and the ability to further prove TSA incompetence.
Your post had nothing to do with the OP. No opinion on the study being done or anything else. It was just an attack at TSA DEN because you claim to live in the area. You also claim to have knowledge that you dont. I was pointing that out. You are wrong about the thefts and wrong about the WTMD both at Denver and NATIONWIDE. You have proven nothing but your own ignorance.