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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 10:53 am
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Originally Posted by tmorse6570
On Sunday departing lax on WN, National Guard (not TSA) set up tables (this was gate 6 only as far as I could tell) and were randomly doing secondary pax checks. They were even taking and scanning the boarding passes rather than the WN employee doing it.
Is this a new standard?
Kind of negates trying to get that A pass if you're just going to get pulled out of line and end up boarding toward the end.
Are they doing this with all airlines and airports?
TSA (not NG) was doing this with WN at BWI. It does completely negate the "A" group if you get caught. Strategically pick where you want to be in the line. At HOU, they pulled people out of line, but let 'em board in the preboard group.
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