Another security lapse in Newark
 

A man went in the out door. Part of terminal B was evacuated.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...rport_eva.html

Now what?!? Not another security breach at EWR yet again! :mad::mad::td::td: I am so pissed me off!

Shame on TSA!!

Wow. TSA is not usually so decisive in their treatment of TSOs who screw up, nor are they generally so forthcoming. I wonder if this woman will actually lose her job, or simply get retraining (which would be a joke, since the job description is laughably simple: "Don't let anyone go IN through the OUT door.")

Since the signs don't seem to be working, perhaps we can get the people from LAX to record some looped dialogue for exit lanes throughout the country:

"The exit lane is for exiting and departing persons only. There is no entry through the exit lanes."

If she is a screener who has been removed from all 'screening' duties, what exactly will she be doing to earn her paycheck?

Another big production terminal dump that was all for show. Gotta keep the travelers fearful to maintain control of them.

Maybe Pauline Frommer was impressed by the "show of force" and the coordination of the search. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...ves-tsa-3.html) Seriously, if I were delayed because of their incompetence and terminal dumped, I would be so frustrated.

She didn't fail at screening duties, she wasn't screening anybody down there. She failed at the stand at the desk and don't let anybody walk past you from this direction duty, that's what they should remove her from.

The same thing she was doing before, just in a different location (not that doing nothing is really dependent on location in the first place...)

Ahhhh, EWR-that bastion of airport sercurity
 

Um, Senator Lautenberg-what about a "distracted TSA screener". Think proper training and/or having a TSO actually doing their job would prevent this type of incident? <putz>

And just why was the TSA screener "distracted"? C'mon TSA-fess up and show us the tapes of the TSO texting (or doing something similar) as opposed to their job. Oh, the tape is defective? The camera's were not focused properly? It's SSI because you screwed up? Oh, well then-Never mind :rolleyes:

Oh, no, Goalie, they would never release tapes of an actual security breach, because then we'd be showing terr'ists how to get past the impenetrable multiple layers of TSA security!

The article said that the TSO was distracted by another passenger who was asking wher the AirTrain was (never been to EWR - I assume that's a rail link into town?) But yes, it certainly could be a case of someone texting on the job. We'll never see the tape, though. No matter why it happened, it will show the TSA in a bad light because one of their people screwed up one of the simplest jobs there is: "Don't let anyone go in there."

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...TSA Honor Guard...

Don't they have alarms that go off when people enter through the exit? I recall seeing (and hearing) one at HPN.

AirTrain serves as the landside link between the terminals, rental car agencies, parking and mass transit (Amtrak/NJ Transit). Similar to the Airtrain at SFO, if you're familiar with that.

As much as I used to think it was overkill, I'm starting to think PHL did the exit lanes right when they built their D/E connector complex. Coming out of the D gates, if you want to exit to landside, you have to pass through a set of automatic doors, followed by a subway-style automatic faregate (DC Metro/ATL MARTA/BART style, not NYC style) into individual lanes (think the Eliminator from the old American Gladiators), then finally through another set of automatic doors. There's no visible TSA presence, but I imagine the airlock is being monitored by CCTV, and TSA could lock down individual lanes or the whole system remotely if they needed to.

As I am a maintenance guy, the exit doors at PHL sort of scare me. Lots of things have to work right for them to work and if they fail one is either trapped air side or pummeled by a rotating door. I am certain that they have built in safeguards. I also bet that the safeguards have to be tested and maintained as well.

If she fails at what is probably the simplest of tasks - make sure everyone walks in this direction, not that direction - how can she be trusted for something more challenging?