no more TSA scribble on bp?
Oct 10, 2014 | 5:06 am
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no more TSA scribble on bp?
I just went through TSA at JFK T8 (AA) [pre-check]. They were using a rubber stamp which had a 5 digit number in a circle--my bp now looks much neater.
Oct 10, 2014 | 9:48 am
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Maybe the 5 digit code in the circle is SSI for "out of an abundance of caution? Oh, wait, that's another rubber stamp 
Oct 10, 2014 | 12:53 pm
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I have always thought the scribbles were silly. Especially given that many PAX have smart phones with their boating pass on it. For fun, I have started adding my own scribbles before hand.
Oct 10, 2014 | 1:07 pm
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I bet the scribbles were not meant as a security feature, but were rather a point and call thing, to make sure that the agents were paying attention.
Oct 10, 2014 | 1:18 pm
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I bet the scribbles were not meant as a security feature, but were rather a point and call thing, to make sure that the agents were paying attention.
IAD has been using stamps for several years.