Define noticeable behaviour. I wouldn't discriminate, though many would.

My brother has autism; if he flies, he takes Valium and he's fine.

It's a question. My answer would be "No, it doesn't matter" though I'm curious what type of "leeway" is given to officials/people you know, if any. Certainly some pleases are more lax than others.

Just goes to show the prejudice of TSA - and most people.

I'm quite speechless from this statement, and when I get the words, I'll refrain from saying them.

Thanks for keeping America - and its values - safe.

Sx displayed by the aforementioned could also be displayed by those "terrorists." You have no way of knowing; and you have to lean on the sign of caution --would you even believe somebody if they told you they had XYZ disability if you're interrogating them (only making their sx worse)?

You totally sidestepped my question, will refusing to engage smalltalk with a BDO, or anyone else in the line lead to a secondary? I get the feeling the government thinks 'normal citizen' means the silly chatty-cathy people and the rest of us have something to hide, so we warrent further searches.

Be as friendly as you like, you'll still get that response from me. Nothing personal.Don't believe it for a second. Again, nothing personal.

I'm not flying domestically any time soon, but I'm sure the first "I was SSSSed for ignoring a BDO" post won't be long coming.

There was evidence of this reported in the media a few years ago - I believe they found these arrangements at an airport or airports in California. We debated it here at the time. Just because you're not being offered incentive payments doesn't mean these arrangements don't exist between screeners and cops at other airports.

If it's in the SOP, I will deal with that soon enough. Once my group, with the help of our professional lobbyist partners, decapitates and finishes off SecureFlight, my next goal is getting us a copy of the TSA SOP and taking time to find this and other 'gems' we will use in our discussions with Congressional reps.

Yes, if they display a group of behaviors which look like behaviors which could be displayed by a terrorist, we will talk to them. The talk is supposed to have a friendly tone, and certainly should not feel like an interrogation. Yes, they will probably get worse, many people without psychological disorders also get worse when we talk with them. Most of the public seems to experience additional stress when selected for secondary screening. This is not unusual. If they display signs that they are not being truthful in the conversation, I will not believe them. If they do not display such signs, I will believe them.

Refusing to engage in smalltalk with a BDO, or anyone else, may not lead to a secondary. The only things which may lead to a secondary are the criteria outlined in the BDO and Checkpoint SOPs. Those criteria are SSI, so I cannot share them. I wish that I could, but I cannot. If you think that you were referred for secondary because you refused to talk to any TSA employee, pursue the issue immediately. If you are referred to secondary because you refused to talk to any TSA employee, the person who referred you violated SOP and the TSA civil rights policy.

I never take these things personally. I have also given many of my coworkers the "It's not against you, it's against the uniform." speech.

Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised to see a "SSSSed for ignoring a BDO" incident come up. That's why I've been suggesting that people pursue the issue if it does come up. These employees need to be revealed and properly dealt with.

Also, they really do hammer on the point in class that pax are not required to talk to us. I know it won't stop the rogue BDO or the rogue screener pretending to be a BDO.

Link, please, if you can find it. I would like to read more about this issue. I do hope that any employees involved in this arrangement found appropriate accommodations in the relevant department of corrections.

Good luck with your lobbying efforts. I will look forward to following the story as it proceeds.

Well, I'm certainly NOT talking to any BDO who is wearing rouge. :p

I am going to look for it...I recall it being part of a broadcast on one of those ABC newsmagazines.

Lol, The word was meant to be rogue. I will correct when I get home tonight.

Thank you. At the least, that gives me a place to start looking for myself.

This makes no sense. You guys have our boarding passes in your hands. Both before the WTMD and after. How is it you do not know the pax is not travelling internationally? Something doesn't smell right here.

Sorry that you would such a hard time believing that this could happen but I have encountered this twice in the passed year. One individual actually had a physical altercation with a police officer. Happens all the time to elderly parents, the children ship the parents off to another relative when they no longer can deal with them. Talk about values, its not the BDOs who are dropping these folks off at the curb and then driving off. More often than not BDOs can calm people down and reduce a pax stress level.

People will have involuntary reactions to fear or stress. These behaviors are multiplied by those who are trying to hide it. You can "SPOT" these pax very easliy.