Go Back  FlyerTalk Forums > Travel&Dining > Travel Safety/Security > Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Reload this Page >

Chertoff Abdicates Security Responsibility

Register
Community
Wiki Posts
Today's Posts
Search
Vendor Directory

Chertoff Abdicates Security Responsibility

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Mar 8, 2006 | 2:00 pm
  #31  
L-1011
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Orange County, CA
Programs: Vanishing
Posts: 1,681
Originally Posted by Bart
At baggage pods located behind the ticket counter, the airline ticket agent should place your lock inside a small plastic bag which is stapled to the luggage tag, and the agent writes a large letter L on the luggage tag to alert TSA screeners that the bag needs to be locked after it has been screened.
When I first read this I thought Bart had fallen in the same trap that almost everybody else has: Baggage is not only zippered bags but there are a lot of us that still use hard shell, Samsonite-type, bags. Yes, I know, we are a buch of oldies, but there is a large investment in those bags and they will stay with us until the airlines break them.

Then I saw this:

Originally Posted by Bart
Standard procedure for encountering a locked bag is to first attempt to open it with a set of standard luggage keys. For example, a Samsonite key will essentially open any Samsonite brand luggage, etc.
That's more like what it used to be pre 9/11 and I appreciate that there is someone in TSA that still knows about the master keys that will open (almost) all suit cases. I just hope that it is common knowledge and that we still can lock our hardshells.
L-1011 is offline  
Reply
Old Mar 11, 2006 | 4:41 pm
  #32  
Lumpy
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,015
B-but don't we get to hear anything else about those ROUGE screeners???

Fascinating new twist in the world of cosmetic security...
Lumpy is offline  
Reply



Advanced Search
Reply Closed Thread Share
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

This site is owned, operated, and maintained by MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks are the property of their respective owners.