TSA still refusing "alternate screening" for breastmilk
Jan 8, 2011, 8:05 pm
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To be perfectly honest about this, I asked MRS EYECUE when the AZ fiasco came out and this post came out. Her response to each one was: " The mom has an unlimited supply in her breasts so why are the moms making such a big fuss out of this or why are they taking it with them after pumping?"
Jan 9, 2011, 3:27 am
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While I don't agree with TSA on how they handled this I suspect if the milk had been liquid it could have been screened by means other than xray.
Being frozen I think is the problem since something (remote possibility) could be hidden and concealed in the bag.
Just my 2 cents.
If people who have to endure TSA screenings had clear rules of what they must do to pass through a TSA Dragnet Checkpoint then these situations would not occur.
Being frozen I think is the problem since something (remote possibility) could be hidden and concealed in the bag.
Just my 2 cents.
If people who have to endure TSA screenings had clear rules of what they must do to pass through a TSA Dragnet Checkpoint then these situations would not occur.
Jan 9, 2011, 8:09 am
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Jan 9, 2011, 9:43 am
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When an all-powerful TSO either doesn't know a screening policy, decides it doesn't exist, or punishes/abuses a passenger for citing it, there's no point in making policies at all. This is, in large part, why TSA is essentially ridiculous, and why anyone who's paying attention gives TSA zero respect, zero confidence.
If TSA were a person, he would be diagnosed psychopathic and locked up fast.
Jan 9, 2011, 10:27 am
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Point being, it's not necessarily the case that they could see that nothing was frozen in the bags.
In case it's not evident, I have been traveling at least once a week with expressed milk for the past 18 months. I've never had a TSA agent give me any grief whatsoever regarding my expressed milk, though one time they made me throw away my ice packs because they had thawed. Then again, I've never not let them x-ray the milk, figuring that even if the x-rays did destroy some of the good stuff breastmilk has to offer, it's still vastly better than formula.
To be perfectly honest about this, I asked MRS EYECUE when the AZ fiasco came out and this post came out. Her response to each one was: " The mom has an unlimited supply in her breasts so why are the moms making such a big fuss out of this or why are they taking it with them after pumping?"
There's lots of information on the process on the intarwebs, feel free to educate yourself and MRS EYECUE.
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Jan 9, 2011, 10:43 am
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Even if one doesn't learn about humans in school, surely one learns something about cows?
Jan 9, 2011, 11:14 am
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And not to sound crass, but even if one doesn't know how the human female produces milk, it really isn't that different from cows. Dairy cattle too are not a limitless supply of milk, need to be milked at certain times, and their production can dry up.
Even if one doesn't learn about humans in school, surely one learns something about cows?
Even if one doesn't learn about humans in school, surely one learns something about cows?
Jan 9, 2011, 3:36 pm
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Agreed. It almost begs the question of "has eyecue not been perfectly honest until now?". Anytime I hear "To be perfectly honest", or "Trust me", I always assume that what follows has no basis in reality.
Jan 9, 2011, 4:42 pm
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Used to be that elementary school children had field trips to farms, of varying kind depending on what was in the area. I doubt that happens anymore. It's not "relevant." At least not at the "Heather Has Two Mommies" level, anyway.
Jan 9, 2011, 5:21 pm
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Jan 12, 2011, 4:38 am
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You three have cornered the actual, main issue here: TSA's near-total organizational incoherence and insanely high tolerance on the front lines for individual freelancing, invention of fake policies, or repudiation of actual ones.
When an all-powerful TSO either doesn't know a screening policy, decides it doesn't exist, or punishes/abuses a passenger for citing it, there's no point in making policies at all. This is, in large part, why TSA is essentially ridiculous, and why anyone who's paying attention gives TSA zero respect, zero confidence.
When an all-powerful TSO either doesn't know a screening policy, decides it doesn't exist, or punishes/abuses a passenger for citing it, there's no point in making policies at all. This is, in large part, why TSA is essentially ridiculous, and why anyone who's paying attention gives TSA zero respect, zero confidence.
Bruce
Jan 12, 2011, 8:57 am
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To be perfectly honest about this, I asked MRS EYECUE when the AZ fiasco came out and this post came out. Her response to each one was: " The mom has an unlimited supply in her breasts so why are the moms making such a big fuss out of this or why are they taking it with them after pumping?"