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Originally Posted by doober
(Post 17103618)
I think BB has claimed it was a skycap.
However, one of our esteemed members who says he/she is a screener, has claimed that he/she has taken disabled individuals in chairs from the front door of the airport to the checkpoint, so we can't entirely rule out it being a screener. A TSO won't take cash to help someone in a wheelchair through security, but they will take cash to help someone with illegal drugs through security. :D |
Originally Posted by Tom M.
(Post 17103677)
Gotta love the juxtaposition of BB statement in relation to the TSO's being arrested for smuggling drugs
A TSO won't take cash to help someone in a wheelchair through security, but they will take cash to help someone with illegal drugs through security. :D They would explain why this is so, but .....it's SSI! |
Originally Posted by Tom M.
(Post 17103677)
A TSO won't take cash to help someone in a wheelchair through security, but they will take cash to help someone with illegal drugs through security.
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Originally Posted by SDF_Traveler
(Post 17100031)
This sounds more like a dishonest Skycap providing wheel chair services to jump the queue, but I suspect we'll hear more on this.
2nd point, NTSB employees do not work TSA checkpoints; the NTSB investigates aircraft incidents and accidents. OTOH I wouldn't put anything past the TSA workers at the cesspit called Newark. |
Originally Posted by Wally Bird
(Post 17113180)
The journalist does sound like the doesn't know one uniform or acronym from another, but what do you expect from the NY Post ?
OTOH I wouldn't put anything past the TSA workers at the cesspit called Newark. No one's first impulse on hearing about something like this is to say: "TSA!?? I don't believe it! I absolutely do NOT believe it! It can NOT be true!" An organization's reputation is so easily tarnished, so painfully restored. I know I would find it demoralizing even if I weren't personally the problem. |
Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 17114540)
That's kind of sad (but deserved) for the organization (and any good folks working there).
No one's first impulse on hearing about something like this is to say: "TSA!?? I don't believe it! I absolutely do NOT believe it! It can NOT be true!" An organization's reputation is so easily tarnished, so painfully restored. I know I would find it demoralizing even if I weren't personally the problem. In my opinion that reputation has been fully earned. |
Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 17104836)
:D
They would explain why this is so, but .....it's SSI! |
Is there any hard evidence that this person was not a TSA employee?
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Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 17114540)
No one's first impulse on hearing about something like this is to say: "TSA!?? I don't believe it! I absolutely do NOT believe it! It can NOT be true!"
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Originally Posted by Wally Bird
(Post 17113180)
The journalist does sound like the doesn't know one uniform or acronym from another, but what do you expect from the NY Post ?
OTOH I wouldn't put anything past the TSA workers at the cesspit called Newark. However, there isn't a lot that surprises me when it comes to Newark. I wouldn't put anything past the TSA workers there based on personal experience. The wrong-doings really seem to be the work of a skycap or contract worker - but the fact it's Newark, there isn't much that surprises me when it comes to the TSA these days. Anyone remember Pythias Brown *, the TSA worker who got caught stealing a CNN camera? He was one of the largest thieves ever caught working for the TSA. I just came across an article where I read he was sentenced to three years in federal prison back in 2009. ^ I hope he serves every single day of the sentence. TSA theft nationwide problem * Article above has more about TSA thefts. |
Originally Posted by SDF_Traveler
(Post 17125338)
Given how often some journalists make errors with aviation stories, I question how often there are errors on other subjects.
However, there isn't a lot that surprises me when it comes to Newark. I wouldn't put anything past the TSA workers there based on personal experience. The wrong-doings really seem to be the work of a skycap or contract worker - but the fact it's Newark, there isn't much that surprises me when it comes to the TSA these days. Anyone remember Pythias Brown *, the TSA worker who got caught stealing a CNN camera? He was one of the largest thieves ever caught working for the TSA. I just came across an article where I read he was sentenced to three years in federal prison back in 2009. ^ I hope he serves every single day of the sentence. TSA theft nationwide problem * Article above has more about TSA thefts. BOP locater to confirm. |
Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
(Post 17126456)
BOP locater to confirm.
Hopefully he's not at a camp cupcake, but rather a medium to high security facility. In fact, there's a special prison in Colorado that would do him good :cool: |
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