Originally Posted by studentff
OK. Good information.
So in your experience with TSA, would a screener instructing a pax to take his pants off be ground for termination? In my opinion it should be grounds for your option #3.
If so, what evidence would be required? Video of the mooning? (not going to happen because private screening areas aren't videotaped in my understanding) Word of the passenger? (not likely to be believed because screener will deny requiring pax to take off pants and say pax overreacted) Screener dumb enough to admit to it? (unlikely) Second screener as witness? (unlikely screeners will tattle)
Maybe witness by a LEO? Can I request that a LEO be a witness to my private screening if it ever occurs? Sounds like a good idea.
I'm not in that portion of the business here at TSA so I cannot say precisely. Speaking on a personal nature, I would have the screener on administrative leave pending an investigation. I've had an incident at the checkpoint where a man, assumably under the influence of alcohol, claimed he was instructed to remove his pants. What had happened was that the belt alarmed and he immediately removed his pants. The look of panic on the screener was priceless. We still pick on him about it. The screener never got a word out after the hand wand alarmed. Luckily, we had another screener and a passenger as witnesses. There was no disciplinary actions taken, but he received a bad reputation for that.
I have seen incidents where other screeners where called in to give their side of the story and they didn't cover for the screener in question.
If in fact the screener instructed the passenger to remove their pants, then yes, in my opinion, they should be terminated. That's going well over the line.