Originally Posted by exerda
That is worth a letter to the TSA, carboned to the FSD for the airport, the airport administrator, and some congresspeople
The fact that she was gaming the system alone to fake the #s is bad enough and worth the complaint, but that she then bullied the pax by threatening not to let him fly?!
That is a real rent-a-cop attitude
I'd love to know what chargers that guy could come up with... "disrupting the screening process" or "disturbing the peace" or something equally silly, I bet
I just copied the letter and sent it to my local congress critters, also providing examples of problems at my local airport.
That certainly was a real rent-a-cop attitude
As far as charges, $20 says the individual would be arrested for disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct is extremely vague and ambigious in most states, officers can apply it to just about anything (especially a bored airport cop with an attitude looking for some excitement).
I hope the letter finds the way to the local airport FSD. Only thing I fear is the name attached to the letter, but if the FSD or someone abused their position and added the name to a selectee list or no-fly list, I am sure the individual could make much more noise and get it published in the press. For that reason, I doubt such an abuse would happen, but you just don't know these days. Besides, it won't be long until every common name is on "the list".
FWIW, when I do write complaint letters, write something to a newspaper or am interviewed on the subject, I use a variation of my full legal name. This variation is what I go by but is different than full legal name which is used on airline tix I purchase. I would suggest others do the same - it can't hurt.
SDF_Traveler