Comments on TSA from an infrequent flyer
Aug 11, 2005 | 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
Not an airline policy; federal rule.
Enacted by the FAA on about October 8, 2001 and announced by Norm Mineta upon the reopening of DCA.
Airlines enforce lots of federal rules demanded by the FAA and TSA. That doesn't make them "airline policy."
Enacted by the FAA on about October 8, 2001 and announced by Norm Mineta upon the reopening of DCA.
Airlines enforce lots of federal rules demanded by the FAA and TSA. That doesn't make them "airline policy."
Is that better? Does that clear up the confusion?
Aug 11, 2005 | 5:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Bart
TSA does not enforce this policy. The airlines do.
Is that better? Does that clear up the confusion?
Is that better? Does that clear up the confusion?
I don't know about that. They do occasionally. I had some untrained TSA folks claim my computer bag was a carry on.
Aug 11, 2005 | 5:55 pm
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The good news is that my airline of choice never enforces it against me. I often find a fellow traveler willing to hold my third carryon for the moment or two while we pass the moat dragon. Then, safely within the checkpoint, I thank the fellow traveler and reclaim my third carryon.
Aug 11, 2005 | 7:29 pm
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Originally Posted by SirFlysALot
Bart
I don't know about that. They do occasionally. I had some untrained TSA folks claim my computer bag was a carry on.
I don't know about that. They do occasionally. I had some untrained TSA folks claim my computer bag was a carry on.
Aug 13, 2005 | 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
Not an airline policy; federal rule.
Enacted by the FAA on about October 8, 2001 and announced by Norm Mineta upon the reopening of DCA.
Airlines enforce lots of federal rules demanded by the FAA and TSA. That doesn't make them "airline policy."
Enacted by the FAA on about October 8, 2001 and announced by Norm Mineta upon the reopening of DCA.
Airlines enforce lots of federal rules demanded by the FAA and TSA. That doesn't make them "airline policy."
Aug 13, 2005 | 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by eyecue
Actually the 1 + 1 rule is ambiguous in its origins. I believe that it comes from the AOSSP. This is alluded to in FAA regulations and is incumbent on the aircarriers to submit one of their own or adopt a model one. I think that is where the 1 + 1 rule comes from. So it could be said that it is airline policy. I wrote the FAA to ask about it and they never wrote me back.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2688840 (post #6)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3379916 (post #3, correcting you on this same error)
For nearly a year after this FAA (now TSA) rule was implemented, AA's written policies invited F pax to carryon up to three carryons. Its policies are now in conformance with the government-imposed rule, but nobody at the airline seems to care how many carryons I have.