Full male assist....
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: BKK
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Full male assist....
So I decided today I would fly without ID. I admit I was a bit worried because this was a business trip and if something bad happened and I wasn't able to fly today, there would be consequences. I budgeted extra time and was ready for a fight. I got to the TSA station and they were asking the pax ahead of me for I'd which they didn't have. I told him that you don't need I'd to fly and quickly ranted about this "security". He got SSSS. They got to me, asked for my papers and told them that I had nothing. Did I have a SSN card or credit card or anything with me name on it?, she asked. Nope. With a sigh, she S'ed me and sent me to x-ray. She callled out full male assist and I got a nice rub down from a disinterested TSA guy (very polite) and he quickly screened my stuff (computer bag, coat and shoes). They all passed the swab test and my BP was handed off to another guy to write down my flight info and name only. The other pax ahead of me were put off by the extra 3-5 minutes that it took, but I'll be doing it again.
Just wanted to pass along my experience. For those interested it was HOU at about 10am.
Just wanted to pass along my experience. For those interested it was HOU at about 10am.
#2
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Interesting that the ID checker would ask if you had a credit card or SSN card "or anything else" with your name on it - they wouldn't have been valid ID anyway, so what's the purpose in asking for them (assuming you had them)?
#6
Join Date: Jun 2004
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When I am asked to remove my laptop from bag, I always repack it extra carefully, which can take a looong time. I don't benefit from it (my laptop case is sturdy enough to protect it) but it delays the queue. If enough people did that, less business traveler would fly, resulting in airline loss of revenue, and suddenly, they would start caring for their (lost) customers...
#7
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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What airport was it at? I've had very professional/reasonable service at IAH and SEA. I've had miserable experiences at JFK and EWR.
#9
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 8,956
Next time, ask them for the Privacy Act notice if they insist on taking down your name. And also ask them what system of records that info is to be stored in.
#10
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,004
a decade or two. Plus there will be so many boxes of this crap, it will be hard to find.
#14
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: lax
Posts: 3,888
Rosa Parks didn't gain any personal benefit from staying seated (unless you think she was motivated by laziness only).
When I am asked to remove my laptop from bag, I always repack it extra carefully, which can take a looong time. I don't benefit from it (my laptop case is sturdy enough to protect it) but it delays the queue. If enough people did that, less business traveler would fly, resulting in airline loss of revenue, and suddenly, they would start caring for their (lost) customers...
When I am asked to remove my laptop from bag, I always repack it extra carefully, which can take a looong time. I don't benefit from it (my laptop case is sturdy enough to protect it) but it delays the queue. If enough people did that, less business traveler would fly, resulting in airline loss of revenue, and suddenly, they would start caring for their (lost) customers...
#15
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: BOS and vicinity
Programs: Former UA 1P
Posts: 3,725
If the security lines were consistently hours long (or were otherwise extremely onerous: strip searches, no carry-on allowed, etc.), more and more business travelers would seek alternate means of transport. Up and down the northeast, that means the train. Elsewhere, it means driving or private aircraft or air taxis, depending on your budget.
Every time the rules have been ratcheted up since 9/11, some subset of people has quit flying. Some were just scared/paranoid, but others have just passed their tolerance level with the pointy-object search, shoe carnival, groping, general attitude, war-on-water, etc.