TSA becoming more serious lately?
Jul 28, 2017, 12:28 pm
#17
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I hope they are getting serious. They confiscated a total of 3,391 firearms from carry on bags in 2016 a 28% increase. I wouldn't trust hardly any
passengers to be able to make the correct decision with a firearm on board a crowded plane.
That doesn't even include the number of knives that are confiscated.
It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
passengers to be able to make the correct decision with a firearm on board a crowded plane.
That doesn't even include the number of knives that are confiscated.
It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
Jul 28, 2017, 1:26 pm
#18
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"It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA."
Maybe US Customs, but internationally, at Customs, I have never been mistreated as much as I have by TSA, who seem like they get off on the groping, breaking of objects, delays, confusion, petty insults, and power trips.
Maybe US Customs, but internationally, at Customs, I have never been mistreated as much as I have by TSA, who seem like they get off on the groping, breaking of objects, delays, confusion, petty insults, and power trips.
Jul 28, 2017, 1:38 pm
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I hope they are getting serious. They confiscated a total of 3,391 firearms from carry on bags in 2016 a 28% increase. I wouldn't trust hardly any
passengers to be able to make the correct decision with a firearm on board a crowded plane.
That doesn't even include the number of knives that are confiscated.
It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
passengers to be able to make the correct decision with a firearm on board a crowded plane.
That doesn't even include the number of knives that are confiscated.
It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
Jul 28, 2017, 6:59 pm
#20
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I have dealt with airport security in 23 countries and immigration/customs officials in 18.
Other then a single immigration agent at LHR who took an issue with doing the exact same thing that 13 other agents have had no problems with, TSA and CBP have caused the biggest hassles I've ever had to deal with.
Jul 28, 2017, 8:41 pm
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I hope they are getting serious. They confiscated a total of 3,391 firearms from carry on bags in 2016 a 28% increase. I wouldn't trust hardly any
passengers to be able to make the correct decision with a firearm on board a crowded plane.
That doesn't even include the number of knives that are confiscated.
It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
passengers to be able to make the correct decision with a firearm on board a crowded plane.
That doesn't even include the number of knives that are confiscated.
It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
Jul 28, 2017, 10:02 pm
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It's all cool to bash the TSA until your on the plane with a mentally unstable person who is of domestic or foreign origin intent on doing harm to someone else.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
My advice is to treat them with respect, be courteous, joke with them and comply with what they ask within reason. Most people are TSA Pre on here anyways so it's 5 minutes of your time.
It is more of a hassle dealing with customs and immigration at international destinations then it is with the TSA.
Customs and immigration at most international destinations are far more courteous than what you see at the TSA. For some reason the typical American seems to think that there's a terrorist sleeper cell lurking around every corner.
Jul 30, 2017, 3:14 am
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You do not travel much internationally, do you?
Jul 31, 2017, 1:08 pm
#24
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How long has TSA been demanding complete removal of casts/splints?
Don't they understand that forcing people to do so could cause further damage to the injured area? Rhetorical question 'cause I know the answer.
Not only demanding removal of splint/cast, but in many cases manipulating the injured limb/digit/joint which could cause further injury and does often cause pain.
Don't they understand that forcing people to do so could cause further damage to the injured area? Rhetorical question 'cause I know the answer.
Not only demanding removal of splint/cast, but in many cases manipulating the injured limb/digit/joint which could cause further injury and does often cause pain.
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Jul 31, 2017, 6:46 pm
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Not sure where you travel, but the only place I have any complaints about immigration/customs is Russia. Everywhere else I have been (that is about 55 countries) is magnitudes better than TSA and US immigration/customs.
Aug 9, 2017, 7:45 am
#26
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There was a series of posts from a traveler at LGA this morning who reported an unattended bag to TSA. TSA screener told him to report it to the manager of Bon au Pain and then TSA ignored the bag.
The traveler then reported that his wife was searched due to having milk for their child.
It is all a show, isn't it?
The traveler then reported that his wife was searched due to having milk for their child.
It is all a show, isn't it?
Aug 9, 2017, 10:22 am
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There was a series of posts from a traveler at LGA this morning who reported an unattended bag to TSA. TSA screener told him to report it to the manager of Bon au Pain and then TSA ignored the bag.
The traveler then reported that his wife was searched due to having milk for their child.
It is all a show, isn't it?
The traveler then reported that his wife was searched due to having milk for their child.
It is all a show, isn't it?
Just like the 'magic grope' neutralizes anything nasty that might be 'artfully concealed' in a pouch of breast milk.
Aug 9, 2017, 10:26 am
#28
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That's funny because yesterday I communicated with somebody whose bag of Chex Mix tested "positive" for explosives. He told me the grope neutralized the explosives and he was on his way with the bag of Chex Mix.
Aug 9, 2017, 12:33 pm
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How long has TSA been demanding complete removal of casts/splints?
Don't they understand that forcing people to do so could cause further damage to the injured area? Rhetorical question 'cause I know the answer.
Not only demanding removal of splint/cast, but in many cases manipulating the injured limb/digit/joint which could cause further injury and does often cause pain.
Don't they understand that forcing people to do so could cause further damage to the injured area? Rhetorical question 'cause I know the answer.
Not only demanding removal of splint/cast, but in many cases manipulating the injured limb/digit/joint which could cause further injury and does often cause pain.
Oops -- The TSA quietly retired it in 2013. They even mentioned the radiation hazard. Nothing like a little bone cancer to go along with your broken ankle.