Originally Posted by
goalie
now as to screeners making small talk, i get that all the time due to my orthopedic shoes and orthotics and i have no problem with it but i am also very leery as to what they ask (spot questions vs legitimate ones-actually had a screener wearing the same style shoes as me [but black vs white] and asked about how to get custom othotics). don't know if that makes sense or not
BDO's (SPOTniks) do not function as TSO's. The only time a BDO will operate inside the CP is if they have a "pull". They do not wand people, they do not pat people down, they do not swipe shoes. A TSO working on a CP is not a BDO. BDO's are not screeners.