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Originally Posted by Crazyhotelguy
(Post 14919407)
The TSA at MCO are amongst the worse and always seem to have something to proove.....
Perhaps this week they are performing quality control for Starbucks, insuring the product is still hot.... Maybe they should go back to playing with the trains. |
Originally Posted by brandinius2
(Post 14930023)
OK, so if this happens during my next airport visit, does anyone know if you can opt out?
Seriously, can you just say, "I opt out" and ask them to go bother someone else? Would that end in a body cavity search or LEO invervention? There are some good ideas in this thread and in this other thread. As you can see, this nonsense has been going on for a while. :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by WillieBluffU
(Post 14920092)
I really don't understand all the anti-TSA attitude on this forum. I would think that as some of the worlds most frequent flyers you would also be some of the TSA's greatest fans.
If we want to be serious about security, we need TSA employees to be real law enforcement officers. Expensive? You bet. But one trained and experienced LEO is better than 20 rent-a-cop TSA screeners. |
Never had to deal with an MCO checkpoint but they made me get off my plane on a stopover a few weeks ago...We went up the jetway, showed our ID and turned back around. What a joke
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Just went through an enhanced pat down - now in tears
Sitting in the gate area at TPA and the TSA is checking bags as people queue for boarding.
I am shaking from the enhanced pat down experience I just went through. I do not want them near me again. I am going to try to decline if they ask to search me again. After all - they just did a VERY thorough search on me at the security screening area... |
Originally Posted by robriggen
(Post 16146331)
Sitting in the gate area at TPA and the TSA is checking bags as people queue for boarding.
I am shaking from the enhanced pat down experience I just went through. I do not want them near me again. I am going to try to decline if they ask to search me again. After all - they just did a VERY thorough search on me at the security screening area... |
Originally Posted by robriggen
(Post 16146331)
Sitting in the gate area at TPA and the TSA is checking bags as people queue for boarding.
I am shaking from the enhanced pat down experience I just went through. I do not want them near me again. I am going to try to decline if they ask to search me again. After all - they just did a VERY thorough search on me at the security screening area... They gave you the extended patdown at the gate? after you cleared security? Could you have declined? |
Why do they call it "the sterile area"?
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Originally Posted by LuvAirFrance
(Post 16147287)
Why do they call it "the sterile area"?
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Originally Posted by voxclamantes
(Post 15118109)
If we want to be serious about security, we need TSA employees to be real law enforcement officers. Expensive? You bet. But one trained and experienced LEO is better than 20 rent-a-cop TSA screeners.
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Originally Posted by Caradoc
(Post 16148188)
Calling it the "sterile area" reinforces the lie that the TSA has any control over what gets into that area.
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Originally Posted by LuvAirFrance
(Post 16148650)
But gate searches undermine the illusion, right?
I believe the randomness reflects the utter incompetence of the entire organization. |
Originally Posted by Caradoc
(Post 16149126)
They claim the randomness is a deterrent.
I believe the randomness reflects the utter incompetence of the entire organization. |
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