Correct me if I'm wrong but I think I detect instant negativity from this one

I suspect for the same reason you decided to join. To turn a board made for FF into another TSA "for disgruntled BUT dedicated" employee chatroom.

Hope I never run into you either......


[This message has been edited by CarmelGreg (edited Nov 18, 2003).]

TSAMGR,

If you would like me to explain that further feel free to contact me another way. There are a few reasons. I understand that these people have a right to be upset and don't mind them venting to me.

I honestly like working with the public. Esp. the older gentlement and ladies, because they have such great stories to tell. Business folks can be some funny people to. You get to meet very interesting people, when their willing to talk.

But that doesn't change my mind of getting a new job. I don't agree with a lot of the procedures anymore.

I sincerely hope you are one of the first people fired when security is re-privatized.

"Don't comply, don't fly?" Joe Stalin or Adolph Hitler would be so proud of such a filthy, un-American statement.

Once you're on the street where you belong, I hope greyhound is all you can afford to use to travel. You are a disgrace.



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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry

If you really feel harassed at the airports are you doing anything about it? or just whining? Here is the address for the head guy at TSA. [email protected] or [email protected] Well he did such a good job at TSA he got himself promoted to Tom Ridges right hand man. He is still "acting" adminstrator until they appoint another Administration Leader. You as a tax paying frequent flyer has more ability to get things changed than the screeners. I hope he gets bombarded with mail to the point he actually might do something about some of the problems. Good Luck and Happy Flying

Oh I can guarantee that Spiff has Jimmy's email address. Probably has his phone number on speed dial too. Spiff is on a personal crusade and I am sure he has taken the time to point out all the failings he sees in the system to whatever official will listen to him.

I actually wish him luck in these endeavors. However, I do think that he enjoys sparring on here an awful lot and would only find something else to rant about if the changes were made to suit him.

If you take the time, and do your homework, you can see through many of his arguments...4th amendment stuff, civil liberties, etc. Where he does have a point is the security aspect and now I see the customer service angle being played. Those will be harder to argue against, for they are valid points on the surface. Only time will tell, and Spiff seems to have a lot of that to spend.



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Don't take life too seriously, afterall, you won't get out alive.

The TSA/Dept. of Homeland INsecurity make the rules for how CAPPS selects passengers, not the airlines. The selection process was changed after 9-11. The airlines only operate the system.

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin

Another county not heard from in a long while.

Regardless, neither the screeners nor the ticket agents have anything to do with who is selected for further screening, nor can they override the computer. However, there is nothing that prevents the screening managers from increasing the number of those to be further screened, they cannot decrease it.

Wait till CAPPS II comes along, then there will be no argument over who controls that.



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Don't take life too seriously, afterall, you won't get out alive.

Actually, he was such a embarassment (a politically well-connected embarassment) that President Bush moved him up and out of the TSA instead of throwing him out like other incompetents have been in the past.

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry