Originally Posted by exerda
What would the penalty for refusing a screening by private screeners be? Are they empowered by the TSA to conduct such searches, or are they there at the behest of the airline and/or airport?
i flew out of SAN and at the gate the national guard kid said "Sir would you mind stepping aside for secondary screening?" I said forget it, only the TSA and law enforcement officals are trained to screen passengers on flights. The national gaurd kid, who maybe was barely 18 and completely out of his element had to call the TSA guy over. Then a cop came over because I started giving the TSA guy crap about it. Final result: Cop searched my bag and TSA guy wanded me. Hey I made my point though... or did I?