Originally Posted by birdstrike (Post 13396202)

Newsweek:

Terror Begins at Home

Originally Posted by n4zhg (Post 13395424)

I wonder how long it will be before Blogdad Bob comes up with a puppy post?

Originally Posted by fs2k2isfun (Post 13396853)

The leg braces story just made Drudge Report. Good to be getting some more exposure for these TSA atrocities.

Originally Posted by Fredd (Post 13396969)

That's where I spotted it as well. I remember a few years ago watching a TSA screener urging an elderly man up out of his wheelchair. "Can you take a few steps toward me?" It looked like nothing less than a government-run revival meeting or "The Lourdes Checkpoint." :p :mad:

Originally Posted by senseker (Post 13393646)

Nowhere in our SOP does it say that we are allowed to tell a passenger that he/she must remove a medical device. Sure, we can ask someone if they can remove their medical device, but if they can't, we cannot force them to it off.

Sounds like this screener was either new, lazy, our really stupid.

"Yea sir, I'm going to need you to remove that arm of yours".

LOL

Originally Posted by AngryMiller (Post 13397184)

As a frequent flier, I get really tired of going to checkpoints and dealing with TSOs who have less knowledge of the SOP than do I, who has never seen it.

Originally Posted by Boggie Dog (Post 13396903)

I think Blogdad bob is quickly losing interest in the TSA Blog.

It has turned into nothing but damage control daily.

Originally Posted by Fredd (Post 13396969)

I remember a few years ago watching a TSA screener urging an elderly man up out of his wheelchair. "Can you take a few steps toward me?" It looked like nothing less than a government-run revival meeting or "The Lourdes Checkpoint." :p :mad:

Originally Posted by birdstrike (Post 13396202)

Newsweek:

Terror Begins at Home

Originally Posted by Excerpt

The next time a prophet of doom warns of impending disaster, think how our behavior compares with that of other countries that have been attacked since 9/11. After the 7/7 attack on the London Underground, which killed 52 people, Londoners, recalling their pluck during the Blitz, gamely showed up en masse the next morning for their daily commute. The Israelis make a point of rebuilding blown-up cafés in a matter of days after an attack; similarly, they return to targeted bus lines the day after a bombing. The message is clear: we're not going to let terrorists break our spirit. Had America rebuilt the Twin Towers in the first years after 9/11, they would be standing tall today as symbols of defiance. Instead, when I drive by Ground Zero, still a gaping pit, I wonder how we would react if New York were hit again.

Originally Posted by senseker (Post 13393646)

Nowhere in our SOP does it say that we are allowed to tell a passenger that he/she must remove a medical device. Sure, we can ask someone if they can remove their medical device, but if they can't, we cannot force them to it off.

Originally Posted by pmocek (Post 13400336)

As long as TSA staff get to determine who travels and who doesn't, and as long as they're allowed to make up rules on-the-fly that are used to determine who gets to fly, they can, in effect, force anyone to do whatever they like.

If your agency would simply publish the rules it requires people to follow, we could all ensure that we're in compliance with those rules and be allowed to go on about our lawful business without interference from our government.