PIT_Flyer

I drink to that...!

climbermom

I'm not sure if the redcoats are TSA employees -- I always thought they were airline employees. They do actually wear red jackets so they are easy to find in the airport chaos.

Does anyone know?

Xyzzy

Why yes -- you wrote this (emphasis mine):From that I read that you think that the policy seems like overkill to the uninformed but that you think it isn't (for the stated reasons).Many of us see what the TSA wants as the antithesis of common sense. Four checks of the same document by four people within 20 feet certainly seems to show a lack of common sense to me. If folks can't be trusted to do their jobs the first time with one check, then why stop at four checks? Wouldn't we all be "safer" with six, or eight? Why not throw a few more X-ray machines into the mix too, just in case the first operator misses something?

Cholula

The redcoats referred to here might be the DL supervisory personnel. Until a few years ago, they all wore red jackets. In a cost cutting move these jobs were eliminated but have recently come back onto the scene as greycoats.
Not sure if other airlines also used redcoats.

bhatnasx

If you've got the time, energy, & inclination, go ahead & print this out and carry it with you - it's the TSA shoe policy - file a complaint if you need to. I would expect that you'd get secondary if you choose not to remove your shoes, which, though annoying, would be acceptable, IMHO.

TSAMGR

From one word you get a lot unfortunately it is wrong. Clinton can use you.



As I stated and you ignored, we (my airports) use one TSA screener to double check the BP at the ETMD. Integrated lane is a little different but there we only have the WTMD screener who hands the SSSS BP to the Lead who stamps it and gives it back to you.

Do you have it now or do you needed explained s l o w e r?

dan1431

TSAMGR, I am sure that being on the the other side of things, it is difficult being a flyertalk poster because there are many flyertalkers who do not care for the TSA and its rules.

I do not blame you for getting upset and annoyed at some of the posts and I for one personally value many of your posts as you have provided great insight into the TSA and its rules.

However, I am not sure atacking any poster is the best idea, I understand it (the frustration) but, somehow I have a sense that the moderators will end up taking out the slower portion of your post. You provide a great service to FT and I would not want to see you banned because of a few words that might anger the FT community. You would not continue using FT(and taking the punishment that the TSA employee's take on this board) if you truly did not want to provide a service to the community and help us understand TSA policy even if it really makes no sense.

Thank you again for all of positive contributions to this board.

Dan

PS. I apologize for any errors as I typed this very early in the morning.

Xyzzy

As I said before, I guess your airport may be doing a better job than others. The airports I've been to lately have had at least *three* people checking boarding passes. Forgetting the reasons why, this leads once again to the question of what happened to the promised unifority the TSA was going to bring. There is no uniformity if each airport does things differently.

I'll choose to ignore your continued unprovoked and TOS-violating personal attacks.