FlyerTalk Forums - What Does it mean when TSA Yells "Bravo"?

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Originally Posted by jackonferry (Post 18111416)

It happened at about 9.30am in terminal 7. I was not yet through security when the call was made. The exercise seemed to consist of more standing around than usual. After 3-4 minutes someone announced all clear and thanked us for participating in the exercise. No certificates of completion or appreciation were offered, however.

I experienced this at LAX last year also... I declined to participate. They must do it a lot at that particular airport. Here is a thread about it.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/pract...t-stories.html

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Originally Posted by clrankin (Post 18111664)

Did anyone decline to participate - i.e. those who were through security just ignoring and leaving, or those who were 'in process' deciding to turn around and leave? At the time, were you made to feel that you had the ability to decide to leave?

Just curiosity... Also wondering if some smart attorney-type could weigh in on whether or not something like this might constitute as false imprisonment (or some other type of illegal detainment) if passengers were made to feel as though they could not leave of their own volition.

They don't detain you, in fact they quite prominently won't lay a finger on you. It must be drilled into them that they CAN NOT assault and batter (which is what it would be) you. So, no illegal detainment at all.

What got me is that one guy said he would call for a terminal dump if I continued. I'm not sure if he was bluffing, but that would certainly be within his ability, and would be annoying to say the least.

All this kind of crap is asking for a terrible misunderstanding with a foreign-speaker walking away from these frantic TSA agents while wearing bulky clothes, and a "hero" CCW holder (FFDO, perhaps) or misinterpreting LEO arriving on the scene.

It is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.