Originally Posted by
jetsetter
So I wonder, you hear crazy stories about these document checkers sometimes, what would happen if you just entered the TSA part of the checkpoint and bypassed a document checker yelling at you that you can't do this or that or use that line, etc?
My guess is that this approach would go badly for the traveler, regardless of whether the document checker has any direct authority himself. Most certainly he will be able to get the attention of the TSA, airport police, or somebody else with a gun before you make it through the checkpoint.