petaluma1

They still don't know how to perform their jobs.

TWA884

Folks,

The topic of this thread is: TSA Pilot Program: All Food and Electronics Larger than Cellphones out for Screening, not the TSA training academy.

Please get back on topic.

If you wish to discuss the training academy, we have a thread on that subject: All new TSA employees being sent to GA for training

We also have several threads discussing enhanced physical screening, etc.

Future off-topic posts will be deleted without further waning. Repeat offenders will be subject to discipline. Please consider this to be your one and only warning.

TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator

zitsky

So I plan to travel with clif bars and/or granola bars later this year. Will they definitely be taken away or does it depend on the whims of the particular TSA employee?

Boggie Dog

Likely to receive ETD testing, Screener discretion rules.

Low Roller

Flying from YYZ to LAS last week, I put my ipad in a separate bin. After clearing security and US pre-clearance, I went to the lounge, sat down with a coffee and decided to look something up on my ipad. It was at that point that I realized my ipad was still sitting all alone in its separate bin. Luckily, there was someone at an information desk just outside the security exit, so she called security, walked me out of the secure area, and told me what to do. I had to go back though security, pick up my ipad and then re-clear US border control. Apparently, this had been happening alot, so the security staff advised me to put my shoes in the same bin as the ipad, since I'm not likely to leave without my shoes. I'm just glad I discovered it while still at the airport.

petaluma1

They should not be taken away but as Boggie Dog says it depends on whichever screener you encounter. Please make certain that you require a change of gloves before touching your food, however.

richarddd

How about whey protein powder (either in original container or baggies)?

petaluma1

This might answer your question:

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&...owder&src=typd

Boggie Dog

It is really sad that TSA can't figure out what real explosives are. I can almost guarantee that water and protein powers aren't! But who knows, with the right childhood chemistry set and a bit of creativity what a 6 year old might be able to produce.

chollie

That's the kind of imaginative thinking that led TSA to confiscate my medical nitroglycerine pills - because with a lab and the right circumstances, who knew what I could concoct with my pills after I cleared security.

richarddd

The TSA says no problem and a number of people report problems.

I haven't had problems in the past, but consistency is not their strong suit.

Boggie Dog

Neither is security!

petaluma1

Heaven help us! TSA can't be this ignorant, can they?

Boggie Dog

Yes!

It was a book. Something that is unidentifiable to screeners.

zitsky

TSA war on reading.

Edit: I actually read the TSA page. Yes books may need extra screening. Ridiculous. Sad face.