Sequester Security Nightmare?
Mar 1, 2013 | 9:55 am
#61
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Apparently no one has passed the memo to those on my flights tomorrow. I can barely get a middle seat in the back.
Mar 1, 2013 | 9:58 am
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I wonder if Detroit was "practicing" yesterday. Only one lane open when I went through security yesterday.
However, I don't think they had a lack of people. They had one screener hovering at the entrance to the regular security line to check boarding passes, and they had about 3 of them hovering around the document checker.
This also is the one airport where I have never seen them use the WTMD for the general public.
However, I don't think they had a lack of people. They had one screener hovering at the entrance to the regular security line to check boarding passes, and they had about 3 of them hovering around the document checker.
This also is the one airport where I have never seen them use the WTMD for the general public.
BNA is one of those airports that has been a problem for photographers. Every time I get back from a trip and pass security. I think about stopping and taking a few photos to see if they will call the cops and have me removed from flying that day.
Mar 1, 2013 | 12:41 pm
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I went to the barber shop this morning to get a haircut. There are usually five barbers. Today only four. I am feeling the pinch already.
Mar 1, 2013 | 6:40 pm
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling. It took 30 seconds today to clear DEN Pre-Check instead of the usual 20 seconds.
Mar 1, 2013 | 7:11 pm
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My guess is we see an uptick in gate ID checks, random silliness, more two-by-two busy work mall walking patrols and less lanes opened merely as a political ploy, with no true reduction in staffing.
One cable television news report stated that sequestration would put a hiring freeze on TSA and they'd be out 1,000 clerks come Memorial Day, Bravo I say!!! A small step for TSA a giant leap for travelers.
One cable television news report stated that sequestration would put a hiring freeze on TSA and they'd be out 1,000 clerks come Memorial Day, Bravo I say!!! A small step for TSA a giant leap for travelers.
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Mar 1, 2013 | 10:03 pm
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Mar 2, 2013 | 7:25 am
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The one thousand Monkeys randomly hacking at the TSA typewriter came up with this Gem.
Source
Where do I begin?
A minor cut in the budget DOUBLES the wait time (halves the throughput). Really?!?!?!
Here's an idea (channeling my inner Spiff)... FIRE THEM ALL*!!!
* - and stop waging war on some drugs too.
[due to sequestration] ...slots for 1,000 security officers to be vacant by Memorial Day and 2,600 vacancies by the end of September.
"With TSA staffing levels decreasing over time, we expect that during busy travel periods wait times exceeding 30 to 40 minutes could double at nearly all of the largest airports," the agency said in a statement.
"With TSA staffing levels decreasing over time, we expect that during busy travel periods wait times exceeding 30 to 40 minutes could double at nearly all of the largest airports," the agency said in a statement.
Where do I begin?
A minor cut in the budget DOUBLES the wait time (halves the throughput). Really?!?!?!
Here's an idea (channeling my inner Spiff)... FIRE THEM ALL*!!!
* - and stop waging war on some drugs too.
Mar 2, 2013 | 7:49 am
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Bob was using his Pistole puppet again...
These guys are some kind of scary super smart. Due to sequestration, they stopped training FAMs ~18 months ago. Yet the obvious implication is: 1) the sequestration is to blame for the catastrophic mess you are about to experience and 2) we need more money to keep you safe from the onslaught of pure evil (aka wheelchair-bound grandmothers carrying bottled water).
Here's another idea for the TSA, while they are working the details of abolishing the agency....
And a final note to the Mods/Admin: [begging] Please, please, please add a puking smiley to the list of smilies. We need one more than we ever have. [/begging]
TSA Administrator John Pistole told a House panel Wednesday that the agency stopped training new air marshals armed, undercover officers who fly on planes to thwart terrorists in January. The last class had been trained in September 2011.
Here's another idea for the TSA, while they are working the details of abolishing the agency....
@:-) Tell the 75% of the clerks that just stand around wasting oxygen to do something productive! (like quit) @:-)
And a final note to the Mods/Admin: [begging] Please, please, please add a puking smiley to the list of smilies. We need one more than we ever have. [/begging]
Mar 2, 2013 | 9:03 am
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Alas, the sky did not fall in the night. MCO was business as usual. All lanes open on the B side, mouse-eared sheep filing through as ever.
Of course, I did not look at the A side. It might have been a total mess, shut down even, if all screeners were on my side to comply with the massive staff reductions we were promised (sort of a slip of the tongue to call a screener on my side, but I digress).
Of course, I did not look at the A side. It might have been a total mess, shut down even, if all screeners were on my side to comply with the massive staff reductions we were promised (sort of a slip of the tongue to call a screener on my side, but I digress).
Mar 2, 2013 | 9:05 am
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http://homeland.house.gov/sites/home...orm_Report.pdf
Graph on page 14 shows between 2010 and 2011 the number of airline passengers grew from about 628,000,000 to about 638,000,000. At the same time, the number of FTE screeners grew from 45,000 to just under 48,000.
Seems there is a lot of overage that could be cut.
Graph on page 14 shows between 2010 and 2011 the number of airline passengers grew from about 628,000,000 to about 638,000,000. At the same time, the number of FTE screeners grew from 45,000 to just under 48,000.
Seems there is a lot of overage that could be cut.
Mar 2, 2013 | 9:51 am
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http://homeland.house.gov/sites/home...orm_Report.pdf
Graph on page 14 shows between 2010 and 2011 the number of airline passengers grew from about 628,000,000 to about 638,000,000. At the same time, the number of FTE screeners grew from 45,000 to just under 48,000.
Seems there is a lot of overage that could be cut.
Graph on page 14 shows between 2010 and 2011 the number of airline passengers grew from about 628,000,000 to about 638,000,000. At the same time, the number of FTE screeners grew from 45,000 to just under 48,000.
Seems there is a lot of overage that could be cut.
Mar 2, 2013 | 9:56 am
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http://homeland.house.gov/sites/home...orm_Report.pdf
Graph on page 14 shows between 2010 and 2011 the number of airline passengers grew from about 628,000,000 to about 638,000,000. At the same time, the number of FTE screeners grew from 45,000 to just under 48,000.
Seems there is a lot of overage that could be cut.
Graph on page 14 shows between 2010 and 2011 the number of airline passengers grew from about 628,000,000 to about 638,000,000. At the same time, the number of FTE screeners grew from 45,000 to just under 48,000.
Seems there is a lot of overage that could be cut.
That's a 6.2% increase in clerks, in one year, to handle a 1.5% increase in traffic. This doesn't account for the massive increases in the rest of the system.
Now they purport the world coming to an end because they might have to live without 2,600 of clerks (0.4%) that they want to hire this FY.
Mar 2, 2013 | 10:03 am
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my company laid off a bunch of employees, which was supposed to save 2.5 million over two year. three months later, all the executive restrooms were equipped with Toto automatic toilets. 47 units of Toto's top of the line model that will make any Japanese executive red with envy(exact quote from the contractor who was installing them). Tell me what's wrong with that?
Mar 2, 2013 | 10:12 am
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even if they let all 48000 employees go, I'm sure they won't reduce the salary savings in the budget. they'll just find another way to use the extra money to fund some ridiculous project.
my company laid off a bunch of employees, which was supposed to save 2.5 million over two year. three months later, all the executive restrooms were equipped with Toto automatic toilets. 47 units of Toto's top of the line model that will make any Japanese executive red with envy(exact quote from the contractor who was installing them). Tell me what's wrong with that?
my company laid off a bunch of employees, which was supposed to save 2.5 million over two year. three months later, all the executive restrooms were equipped with Toto automatic toilets. 47 units of Toto's top of the line model that will make any Japanese executive red with envy(exact quote from the contractor who was installing them). Tell me what's wrong with that?
Mar 2, 2013 | 12:17 pm
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even if they let all 48000 employees go, I'm sure they won't reduce the salary savings in the budget. they'll just find another way to use the extra money to fund some ridiculous project.
my company laid off a bunch of employees, which was supposed to save 2.5 million over two year. three months later, all the executive restrooms were equipped with Toto automatic toilets. 47 units of Toto's top of the line model that will make any Japanese executive red with envy(exact quote from the contractor who was installing them). Tell me what's wrong with that?
my company laid off a bunch of employees, which was supposed to save 2.5 million over two year. three months later, all the executive restrooms were equipped with Toto automatic toilets. 47 units of Toto's top of the line model that will make any Japanese executive red with envy(exact quote from the contractor who was installing them). Tell me what's wrong with that?
As to the TSA, certain security and border control functions are exempt from the sequester. This may include parts of the TSA, FAM's for instance.