I just flew from PIT with my pistol in checked luggage. I haven't done this in several months and was surprised when the TA asked me to open my suitcase right there in front of all of the other pas and show her the weapon. I was used to doing this in semi-private confines of the TSA area. I thought it was a fluke, but then it happened again on the return trip at RSW. Does anyone know when this policy changed? This was mildly surprising for me, but I can tell you fellow pas in line around me were VERY suprised. And the woman TA in PIT didn't even know how to check if it was loaded and never asked me to prove it was not. At least the TA in RSW asked me to cycle the action and show him the empty chamber. I much preferred the old way when I could have a TSA agent examine my luggage in front of me and secure the lock in front of me before it disappeared into the black hole. At least in PIT I got to follow it over to TSA and warn them and ask them to do it all in front of me. That option does not exist in RSW.