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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 1:14 am
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Originally Posted by chrisny2
Hmmmm so a forged airline employee ID is a way for people who--for whatever reason, legal or otherwise-- want to get around the special screening to do so?
That's too much work. There are sooo many ways to get around "security" these days. Just open your eyes and watch the "protocols" a bit and you'll come up with clever ways of your own to circumvent whatever it is you want to circumvent.

FWIW, airline employees sometimes get the SSSS treatment more than regular pax. I flew nearly 150k last year and not once got the SSSS. My brother, a pilot for a major carrier, has received the SSSS more times than he can count, and several times it cost him missing his flight either back to work, back home, or to a vacation.

TSA paints with their broad brush very liberally and does not seem to discriminate much between employee and layman.
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