TSA wants to test your drink -- at the gate
Jul 10, 2012, 9:03 am
#181
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These are low-paid clerks...
Pay Band Minimum Maximum
A $17,083 $24,977
B $19,570 $28,546
C $22,167 $33,303
D $25,518 $38,277
E $29,302 $44,007
F $33,627 $50,494
G $39,358 $60,982
H $48,007 $74,390
I $58,495 $90,717
J $71,364 $110,612
K $85,311 $132,237
L $101,962 $155,500
M $120,236 $155,500
I don't know what band those infesting, err... manning the checkpoints will likely occupy, but it won't be the lower or upper, so I'd guess most of them are pulling down about 50k. That ain't chump change.
Jul 10, 2012, 9:13 am
#182
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Exactly. That is how drug smugglers have been doing business for the last two decades, and it a terrorist really wants to plant an explosive device on an airplane, he/she will take the same route.
Jul 10, 2012, 9:45 am
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We need to stop repeating the claim that TSA employees are low-paid. They are not; in fact for what most of them do they are over-paid IMO.
I don't know what band those infesting, err... manning the checkpoints will likely occupy, but it won't be the lower or upper, so I'd guess most of them are pulling down about 50k. That ain't chump change.
I don't know what band those infesting, err... manning the checkpoints will likely occupy, but it won't be the lower or upper, so I'd guess most of them are pulling down about 50k. That ain't chump change.
The bigger issue is that they clearly aren't good at decision making, which means they likely have bills they can't pay. Again....a terrorist's best friend, as far as bribery goes.
Jul 10, 2012, 10:40 am
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Dihydrogen monoxide is also responsible for aggressive behaviour. Researchers found that when they removed all the water from aquariums containing Siamese fighting fish, all signs of aggression disappeared almost immediately. Further research confirmed that complete water deprivation decreased aggressive behaviour in mammals; but sometimes it took a few weeks.
We need to stop repeating the claim that TSA employees are low-paid. They are not; in fact for what most of them do they are over-paid IMO.
Pay Band Minimum Maximum
A $17,083 $24,977
B $19,570 $28,546
C $22,167 $33,303
D $25,518 $38,277
E $29,302 $44,007
F $33,627 $50,494
G $39,358 $60,982
H $48,007 $74,390
I $58,495 $90,717
J $71,364 $110,612
K $85,311 $132,237
L $101,962 $155,500
M $120,236 $155,500
I don't know what band those infesting, err... manning the checkpoints will likely occupy, but it won't be the lower or upper, so I'd guess most of them are pulling down about 50k. That ain't chump change.
Pay Band Minimum Maximum
A $17,083 $24,977
B $19,570 $28,546
C $22,167 $33,303
D $25,518 $38,277
E $29,302 $44,007
F $33,627 $50,494
G $39,358 $60,982
H $48,007 $74,390
I $58,495 $90,717
J $71,364 $110,612
K $85,311 $132,237
L $101,962 $155,500
M $120,236 $155,500
I don't know what band those infesting, err... manning the checkpoints will likely occupy, but it won't be the lower or upper, so I'd guess most of them are pulling down about 50k. That ain't chump change.
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Jul 10, 2012, 1:53 pm
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Jul 10, 2012, 3:44 pm
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That is how you (IMHO) get airside screening of liquids as some yahoo (probably some low level bureaucrat in Washington or maybe even at the airport admin level) figures that liquids are bad, there are liquids air side, so let protect the public by checking them with our "magic dangerous liquid identification strips" (Patent Pending 
).
Dan
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... and I'll throw in the box of Cracker Jacks too.
Jul 10, 2012, 7:40 pm
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Jul 11, 2012, 9:10 am
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AND they only work on the bottles of water from the pallets airport vendors buy at Costco, not on the bottles of water from the pallets YOU buy at Costco.
Last edited by TheGolfWidow; Jul 11, 2012 at 9:14 am Reason: Oops...morning brain!
Jul 11, 2012, 11:30 am
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The gate checks don't exist out of any need for additional security.
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Jul 12, 2012, 2:50 am
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Has anyone submitted their drink for testing and then actually had the strip turn purple or develop a faint + sign or do whatever it is that happens when a drink is positive for [something or other]? What, exactly, happens to you and your formerly refreshing beverage at that point?
Jul 12, 2012, 12:28 pm
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"Has anyone submitted their drink for testing and then actually had the strip turn purple or develop a faint + sign or do whatever it is that happens when a drink is positive for [something or other]? What, exactly, happens to you and your formerly refreshing beverage at that point?"
My theory: that will never happen, as the Magic Strips are pure Bravo Sierra, most likely overpriced strips of construction paper sold to a gullible (or knowing) TSA. Coincidentally, this means that Magic Strips are correct 100% of the time, since they have never been used on an actual liquid explosive.
My theory: that will never happen, as the Magic Strips are pure Bravo Sierra, most likely overpriced strips of construction paper sold to a gullible (or knowing) TSA. Coincidentally, this means that Magic Strips are correct 100% of the time, since they have never been used on an actual liquid explosive.