Maybe. Maybe not. They can, however, be the voice of reason when there is an overzealous screener or supervisor trying to make medical decisions for passengers, which they have no business doing.

"Reason" and "TSA" appear to be mutually exclusive concepts.

Read the original post. That's exactly what was said.

As would the TSA gate droids not attempting to be both MDs, dieticians, and security droids at the same time. For many of them that last part seems to be more than they can handle on it's own.

My mom eats what her dietician tells her to eat. With no exceptions - it's pretty explicit. You, nor any other TSADroid is a dietician, so telling her what is necessary is not only wrong but perhaps illegal and hopefully actionable.

He, like most tyrants, uses others to do his dirty work and claims no responsibility for his stupid policies. Those who do his dirty work say that they are "just doing our jobs" or "we are just enforcing the rules" and pass the buck back upstairs. No one is willing to stand up and say "This is wrong and I won't do it."

I left a government job (a lucrative one I might add) almost 30 years ago because I refused to do things that I considered (and the courts have since ruled) illegal. I was black-balled and had a difficult time getting another job, but I would do it again because it was the right thing to do. Unfortunately, the people in government jobs today don't seem to have the backbone to say no and walk away from something that is wrong. Like those before them who have destroyed lives, property, and liberty by just "doing their job," the DHS and TSA employees of today don't have the conviction of the oath that they took. If they did, they would quit and tell others why they quit. Let's see TSA operate with no employees.

- Alan

This is truly a sad situation. If TSA told you to have every third person arrested, would you do it? After all, you said "we dont make the rules, we just enforce them?" Is it asking too much for you to think about what you are enforcing and refuse to enforce stupidity?

Now you are giving medical advice again. Do you have any idea what type of planning is needed for a diabetic (I doubt it)? If you don't then quit trying to justify a position that is based upon wrong assumptions, incomplete knowledge, and dangerous ideas (at least dangerous to the people you "enforce the rules" upon).


- Alan

Curious what would happen in a case like this if the passenger called over a LEO and insisted on filing felony charges of practicing medicine without a license. Can the LEO be required to at least file a police report, or could they brush it off?

When I worked as an LEO in the late 80's in Florida, there was no requirement for me to file a report just becuase citizen X wanted me to. Even if I saw a crime being committed (i.e., you hit someone with a beer bottle), I had no legal requirement to charge you with anything or file a report on the matter.

- Alan