If the area is in lockdown, it must mean there is something dangerous there (besides the TSOs and the radiation machines and the thieves and the molesters). I feel it my God given duty to my family, my employer, myself and my country to get the hell out of there!

I used to go to a burger joint where if one person said a code word, all the others would chant the word and start a little song. Sadly the TSA is one paper hat away from being this fast food joint (with the exception that at least the burgers were good, whereas TSA is unappetizing.)

maybe they can make up a cute little song like they do at cold stone creamery when you tip them. lol

That post just made my weekend.

Aren't there some situations where the Grimace character at McDonalds is wearing a badge? I'm sure there's a parallel there somewhere.

You must mean Officer Big Mac! Couldn't be a better mascot for the the TSA!

I have never encountered this but I certainly hope I do and can rub it in their face as well as you did.

It is also usually followed by an encore!

With all the "Bravo" stories on here, and the 25,000 documented security breaches since 2001....

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Bravo = Breach

25,000 Airport Security Breaches Since 2001

If I were at a checkpoint/sterile area when they did this, it would be the only time I can think of that I would welcome a panicky screamer.

You know, the kind you see in movies (and, sadly, in real life) that start screaming at any little thing and just keep on screaming.

Airports are stressful places (and getting more stressful all the time). It could happen.

Please.

We can laugh about fast food joints, but they have more consistency and better accountability than TSA.

As an organization, all of the larger chains are run better than TSA.

They work harder (so does most of the population) because most of us don't get hours of 'training' and 're-training' every single week. (Note: It has been suggested that some of the problems at EWR would be fixed if they increase mandatory training (and re-training) to 8 hours a week. Every week. Sitting watching little videos, snacking and chatting with each other and texting friends while the lines back up.

Does anyone really believe that a pizza delivery driver or the order taker at McDonald's are given unlimited re-training (on company time) every time they screw up?

You mean Bravo is not code for "We just found a Real Bomb, all Blue Shirts gather close around it and act as human shields to protect the general public when it goes off"? I'm shocked.

For any NY Rangers fans out there.....

If it happens in any NY area airport, how about the Potvin whistle changing the chant from Potvin to Pistole.


Click "The Whistle"
http://www.potvinsucks.com/

If it was me and I was at the checkpoint removing my items from the x-ray machine, I would stay there, but once I have all my belongings and I am headed into the terminal area, if I heard screeners yelling code Bravo, and yelling freeze, I would start walking at a fast pace and disregard any screeners command to freeze.

If they try to blockade me, I will keep walking at my fast pace, and at 6�3� with long legs, I can fast walk at almost a slow trot and will not hesitate to physically walk into one of the screeners if they don�t get out of my way.

Let them call an LEO, I will tell the LEO that as far as I was concerned, they found someone with a gun or possibly a bomb and I feared for my life and wanted to get the hell out of there as fast as possible, I highly doubt that any LEO, upon hearing that excuse will take any action.

I would also ask the LEO if could file a charge of assault against the screener who came into physical contact with me, no screener has any legal authority to physically touch me without my permission, especially once I have left the check point area if I was not the cause of the alarm to begin with. I would leave that decision to the LEO.

Of course there are screeners out there on a power trip who think they are God and expect you to cower at their feet anytime they so demand, remember their motto is we can do whatever we want.

Mr. Elliott

I've never had it happen to me, but my mentality is if it were to happen i'll just keep walking, there was a post on another thread in here somewhere where someone wrote a letter to the TSA asking about the 'bravo' crap and the reply was that no one was legally required to stop. So despite whatever the goons at the checkpoints say, they cant do anything.