why is tsa always at my crotch..seriously
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#34
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: BNA (Nashville)
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Dude, get Precheck!
At my home airport (BNA) X Ray only. No removing of shoes. No removing of liquids.
Especially during holiday travel. there is rarely anyone in line, while the regular line can be 15 minutes long.
No groping, not scanning, no nothing. I just sashay through the X-ray machine with my belt on and my shoes on and all metal out of my pockets.
If someone sets off the metal detector, they get scanned. I just put my phone, wallet, keys, change in my backpack. No fuss.
At my home airport (BNA) X Ray only. No removing of shoes. No removing of liquids.
Especially during holiday travel. there is rarely anyone in line, while the regular line can be 15 minutes long.
No groping, not scanning, no nothing. I just sashay through the X-ray machine with my belt on and my shoes on and all metal out of my pockets.
If someone sets off the metal detector, they get scanned. I just put my phone, wallet, keys, change in my backpack. No fuss.
#35
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I have a non-metallic implant in my lower back. It doesnt set off the metal detector but set off the millimeter wave detector every time. It shows up as a groin abnormality. So I get crotch searched every time I go through that detector.
#36
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I think it is just another part of Security Theater.
#37
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Join Date: Nov 2018
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Dude, get Precheck!
At my home airport (BNA) X Ray only. No removing of shoes. No removing of liquids.
Especially during holiday travel. there is rarely anyone in line, while the regular line can be 15 minutes long.
No groping, not scanning, no nothing. I just sashay through the X-ray machine with my belt on and my shoes on and all metal out of my pockets.
If someone sets off the metal detector, they get scanned. I just put my phone, wallet, keys, change in my backpack. No fuss.
At my home airport (BNA) X Ray only. No removing of shoes. No removing of liquids.
Especially during holiday travel. there is rarely anyone in line, while the regular line can be 15 minutes long.
No groping, not scanning, no nothing. I just sashay through the X-ray machine with my belt on and my shoes on and all metal out of my pockets.
If someone sets off the metal detector, they get scanned. I just put my phone, wallet, keys, change in my backpack. No fuss.
also id def toss my fleece jacket in the bin cause the thick zipper. heck one time i had TSA tell me to put back on my watch! whats up with that?
word of warning. breathsaver wrappers are metal. i learned this at a courthouse years ago. when i was at the empire state building and got the buzz he told me that cannot be the issue. i handed him the lifesavers and went back thru no buzz. ...made my day
#38
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how do you get thru with no buzz on the belt. 85% of the time i got thru with no issues but one time the dude tells me i should have taken belt off. why didnt it set it off before? geez
also id def toss my fleece jacket in the bin cause the thick zipper. heck one time i had TSA tell me to put back on my watch! whats up with that?
word of warning. breathsaver wrappers are metal. i learned this at a courthouse years ago. when i was at the empire state building and got the buzz he told me that cannot be the issue. i handed him the lifesavers and went back thru no buzz. ...made my day
also id def toss my fleece jacket in the bin cause the thick zipper. heck one time i had TSA tell me to put back on my watch! whats up with that?
word of warning. breathsaver wrappers are metal. i learned this at a courthouse years ago. when i was at the empire state building and got the buzz he told me that cannot be the issue. i handed him the lifesavers and went back thru no buzz. ...made my day
#39
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: BNA (Nashville)
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I have never had a buckle set off an alarm, and I always wear a belt buckle. It doesn't seem to be a very nice belt, so it probably isnt solid metal.
One time, my hiking shoes set it off, which is when I found out that my hiking shoes had a steel toe.
It has been a much more pleasant and quick experience. Not just at my home airport, but at many airports around the country.
One time, my hiking shoes set it off, which is when I found out that my hiking shoes had a steel toe.
It has been a much more pleasant and quick experience. Not just at my home airport, but at many airports around the country.
#40
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SAN
Posts: 284
I've also never alarmed any WTMDs with my belt buckle which is metal. It could be the design and the total mass of the metal in the buckle.
Here at SAN there is rarely any waiting at PreCheck and you always go through the WTMD. I've never caused the WTMD to alarm so I get through quickly. I also put away items like keys into my carry on before I enter the line.
Here at SAN there is rarely any waiting at PreCheck and you always go through the WTMD. I've never caused the WTMD to alarm so I get through quickly. I also put away items like keys into my carry on before I enter the line.
#41
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i'm glad i had my appt today for the precheck
out of PHL last week was cake
out of DFW yesterday.. NOT! got the crotch whisperer again.. then alarm on my hand swab..WHY cant they tell you WHAT nuclear device you touched ? how can you prevent this from the future unless they tell you what the alarm is for. so i get the feel up at the scanner and then pulled to the side . FULL top to bottom..no dinner. no drinks! nothing. swabbed my sneakers and phoens and said alarm went off. WONT tell me what. why not? swabbed inside of my bag. no issues. but if my bomb material was on phone and sneaks and crotch why not my bag
i truly want some official to explain all this to me. its a wonder people dont do more bodlily harm to these people. if its a random screen then have the screen say random screen. but if they tested all my stuff and the alarm went off then why even let me through? cause the alarm is wrong! duh.
i cannot wait for 2 weeks when i get my known number and dont have to get groped anymore. if you dont get precheck ur nuts.
out of PHL last week was cake
out of DFW yesterday.. NOT! got the crotch whisperer again.. then alarm on my hand swab..WHY cant they tell you WHAT nuclear device you touched ? how can you prevent this from the future unless they tell you what the alarm is for. so i get the feel up at the scanner and then pulled to the side . FULL top to bottom..no dinner. no drinks! nothing. swabbed my sneakers and phoens and said alarm went off. WONT tell me what. why not? swabbed inside of my bag. no issues. but if my bomb material was on phone and sneaks and crotch why not my bag
i truly want some official to explain all this to me. its a wonder people dont do more bodlily harm to these people. if its a random screen then have the screen say random screen. but if they tested all my stuff and the alarm went off then why even let me through? cause the alarm is wrong! duh.
i cannot wait for 2 weeks when i get my known number and dont have to get groped anymore. if you dont get precheck ur nuts.
#42
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Join Date: Nov 2018
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i hope this is good news...what do you think?
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
TSA mailed you a letter with information regarding your eligibility determination. If you do not receive this letter within 10 days of receiving this status, please contact the UES Call Center for assistance.
Status as of 2/19/2019.
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
TSA mailed you a letter with information regarding your eligibility determination. If you do not receive this letter within 10 days of receiving this status, please contact the UES Call Center for assistance.
Status as of 2/19/2019.
#43
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i hope this is good news...what do you think?
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
TSA mailed you a letter with information regarding your eligibility determination. If you do not receive this letter within 10 days of receiving this status, please contact the UES Call Center for assistance.
Status as of 2/19/2019.
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
TSA mailed you a letter with information regarding your eligibility determination. If you do not receive this letter within 10 days of receiving this status, please contact the UES Call Center for assistance.
Status as of 2/19/2019.
#44
Join Date: Aug 2012
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i hope this is good news...what do you think?
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
TSA mailed you a letter with information regarding your eligibility determination. If you do not receive this letter within 10 days of receiving this status, please contact the UES Call Center for assistance.
Status as of 2/19/2019.
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED
TSA mailed you a letter with information regarding your eligibility determination. If you do not receive this letter within 10 days of receiving this status, please contact the UES Call Center for assistance.
Status as of 2/19/2019.
#45
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: SAN
Posts: 284
I was thinking the same thing. I only have GE so I'm not sure how it works for PreCheck but as I recall for GE I only got an email saying that the application status had changed. after the interview and I had to log on to see the status. A letter about eligibility does not sound good - hopefully I'm wrong and the OP gets PreCheck.