Random screening of my phone
Jul 24, 2019, 6:36 am
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It isn't meant to enhance security. It is a performance for the pax and an effort to keep screeners' minds on their jobs.
The problem is that the screeners don't really think there's a threat, so they don't take it seriously. They get bored and focus on catching all water bottles because that's easier than staying alert an looking for 'something' that might actually be a threat.
It isn't meant to enhance security. It is a performance for the pax and an effort to keep screeners' minds on their jobs.
The problem is that the screeners don't really think there's a threat, so they don't take it seriously. They get bored and focus on catching all water bottles because that's easier than staying alert an looking for 'something' that might actually be a threat.
Jul 24, 2019, 7:35 am
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Last edited by GUWonder; Jul 24, 2019 at 7:44 am
Jul 24, 2019, 8:58 am
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Screeners/shifts have quotas to meet; it's the quantity not the quality that counts.
Jul 24, 2019, 10:57 am
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Chronic lack of oversight - what the heck are all those STSOs and LTSOs paid to do?
It's one thing to demand quotas from employees who operate out of sight of management - police, for example. The quotas were management's only way to force a cop to prove s/he did something, even though statistically there would be days when there was nothing happening on the cop's beat.
But at checkpoints, there shouldn't be the need for quotas because there are plenty of ever-present STSOs and LTSOs who should be keeping an eye on things.
It's one thing to demand quotas from employees who operate out of sight of management - police, for example. The quotas were management's only way to force a cop to prove s/he did something, even though statistically there would be days when there was nothing happening on the cop's beat.
But at checkpoints, there shouldn't be the need for quotas because there are plenty of ever-present STSOs and LTSOs who should be keeping an eye on things.
Jul 24, 2019, 11:22 am
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Jul 24, 2019, 1:35 pm
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One more thing. When I told the TSA screener that my child had no cell phone, she believed me! Without even checking!
As it happens, I wasn't lying but the screener had no way of knowing that.
Worse still, I'm inclined to think that their internal procedures (such as they are) didn't require a check either.
As it happens, I wasn't lying but the screener had no way of knowing that.
Worse still, I'm inclined to think that their internal procedures (such as they are) didn't require a check either.