Top 10 list of TSA complaints
Oct 14, 2008, 5:51 am
#106
Join Date: Jan 2008
Programs: I work for the TSA
Posts: 848
Let me get this straight.
You're saying, with a straight face, that the number on the nameplate, next to the name of the TSAer, was on public display for nothing more than ordering uniforms?
You're saying, with a straight face, that the number on the nameplate, next to the name of the TSAer, was on public display for nothing more than ordering uniforms?
Oct 14, 2008, 6:13 am
#107
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Now that's odd- I remember having a debate with someone (edit- I remember now, I think it was HSVTSO Dean, who also posts here- but I go by (OpenID) Yangj08 on the TSA blog, not this username) on the TSA blog a long time ago about identifying a TSO and was told that the badge number was a "serial number" that was used in combination with the first name to identify any TSO.
Last edited by jamar; Oct 14, 2008 at 6:57 am
Oct 16, 2008, 12:43 pm
#110
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 16
badges
I have no idea what the old number was really for but it could not have been anything that important it is not on the new badges. As I have said this was told to me by a TSO in DFW, which is the last time I flew Delta. Never ever fly stand by any were with Delta. I think I was harassed more by Delta than TSA on that trip from hell.
And No I did not pack up and go home I went and made dinner and did things not based on a computer...remember I said all it took was me simply closing this darn laptop.
And No I did not pack up and go home I went and made dinner and did things not based on a computer...remember I said all it took was me simply closing this darn laptop.
Oct 16, 2008, 3:52 pm
#111
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,726
Screening should be done by private security contractors with no government interference.
I'd be ok with pay your money, take your chances as it already exists: general aviation. For commercial aviation, airlines should be free to compete on what security, if any, they choose to offer.
I'd be ok with pay your money, take your chances as it already exists: general aviation. For commercial aviation, airlines should be free to compete on what security, if any, they choose to offer.
Originally Posted by Superguy
It's not like TSA's securing the airspace anyway.
Jun 20, 2010, 9:05 pm
#112
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 1
Its Travelers that dont pay attention to the news that post crazy threads!
#1 Barking. It's completely un-called-for
#2 The liquid ban. It makes no scientific or conceptual sense, makes screeners' jobs far more difficult, thereby making it less safe to fly. Scientific sense-EVER HEARD OF "LIQUID EXPLOSIVES?"
#3 Shoes. Nobody has ever been hurt or injured by a shoe-related weapon in an airport or airplane. It wastes time and it prolongs the screening process. It's a stupid rule, time to axe it.-READ THE NEWS,EVER HEAR OF THE SHOE BOMBER?
#4 SSSS. We all know it's bogus. Just stop it, for crying out loud.--DID U KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK DOWN THE PLANES ON 911 IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SSSS?
Item #1 will be tough to fix--too many "soldier of fortune" types thinking they're the "front line in the war on terror."--WE ARE!! Items #2, #3, and #4 are easily correctable, but Kip would never swallow his pride to make these changes.
The barking, the liquid ban, and the shoe carnival catalyze the TSA's loss of legitimacy as an authority. From an organizational behavior standpoint, we're dealing with meaningless, poorly-enforced rules. It's a recipe for disaster.--THEN DONT FLY
I sometimes think that TSA employees should have to take a mandatory trip to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. They can see how polite, friendly, organized, and quick it is to clear security in perhaps the strictest airport in the world... I'm not talking about the profiling stuff; just their attitude.
#2 The liquid ban. It makes no scientific or conceptual sense, makes screeners' jobs far more difficult, thereby making it less safe to fly. Scientific sense-EVER HEARD OF "LIQUID EXPLOSIVES?"
#3 Shoes. Nobody has ever been hurt or injured by a shoe-related weapon in an airport or airplane. It wastes time and it prolongs the screening process. It's a stupid rule, time to axe it.-READ THE NEWS,EVER HEAR OF THE SHOE BOMBER?
#4 SSSS. We all know it's bogus. Just stop it, for crying out loud.--DID U KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK DOWN THE PLANES ON 911 IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SSSS?
Item #1 will be tough to fix--too many "soldier of fortune" types thinking they're the "front line in the war on terror."--WE ARE!! Items #2, #3, and #4 are easily correctable, but Kip would never swallow his pride to make these changes.
The barking, the liquid ban, and the shoe carnival catalyze the TSA's loss of legitimacy as an authority. From an organizational behavior standpoint, we're dealing with meaningless, poorly-enforced rules. It's a recipe for disaster.--THEN DONT FLY
I sometimes think that TSA employees should have to take a mandatory trip to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. They can see how polite, friendly, organized, and quick it is to clear security in perhaps the strictest airport in the world... I'm not talking about the profiling stuff; just their attitude.
Jun 20, 2010, 10:05 pm
#113
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: North of DFW
Programs: AA PLT, HH Gold, TSA Disparager Gold, going for Platnium
Posts: 1,535
P2BTSA - I hate to break it to you but your in for a very rude awakening as your first post shows alot of ignorance, and is the equivalent of a floater in the punch bowel.
for your red yelling response. Umm hate to break it to you but you mean the liquid fantasy? That has no basis in reality nor backing by any peer reviewed scientific group? then not to mention the horrid smell of said chemicals would give it away, and not able to be mixed on a aircraft due to needing to be mixed in controlled conditions that arent possible on a aircraft.
again another one-off. how many other planes have fallen from the sky of shoe bombs? easy NONE, and psst btw x-ray scanners cant detect explosives.
third do you know that SSSS was around before then, and that the 9/11 hijackers didnt violate rules at the time of the incident. furthermore the SSSS like TSA has yet to stop or catch a terrorist.
That dont fly comment is ironic because if thats what happened you would be on the street without a job. The poster your quoting has very valid points. if you would bother to read alittle, remove the blinders and stop guzzling the koolaid you would see that, but it seems like your a incarnate of Ron, who even when proven wrong wont ever admit it.
for your red yelling response. Umm hate to break it to you but you mean the liquid fantasy? That has no basis in reality nor backing by any peer reviewed scientific group? then not to mention the horrid smell of said chemicals would give it away, and not able to be mixed on a aircraft due to needing to be mixed in controlled conditions that arent possible on a aircraft.
again another one-off. how many other planes have fallen from the sky of shoe bombs? easy NONE, and psst btw x-ray scanners cant detect explosives.
third do you know that SSSS was around before then, and that the 9/11 hijackers didnt violate rules at the time of the incident. furthermore the SSSS like TSA has yet to stop or catch a terrorist.
That dont fly comment is ironic because if thats what happened you would be on the street without a job. The poster your quoting has very valid points. if you would bother to read alittle, remove the blinders and stop guzzling the koolaid you would see that, but it seems like your a incarnate of Ron, who even when proven wrong wont ever admit it.
Jun 21, 2010, 6:50 am
#114
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 5,051
1) Whenever a shift arrives or departs, it's mayhem in the airport. I've never seen a bunch of adults act like kids on the last day of school. All over the place, running in traffic.
Jun 21, 2010, 9:47 am
#116
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Impossible to create airside without laboratory conditions.
Greyhound bus passengers get screened, pat down in special TSA operation
Greyhound bus passengers get screened, pat down in special TSA operation
Jun 22, 2010, 8:36 am
#118
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Location: DFW
Posts: 28,129
Oct 12, 2010, 9:26 am
#119
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 1
TSA bad customer service.
I
was on my way to Austin, I got bumped from my flight, because TSA
couldnt get in my bag. I use a TSA approved lock. When I wanted to talk
to a supervisor (Farakanel*) he said he did not have to talk to me and
if I did not go away he would call the state troopers on me. So I went
and found my own State Trooper. and filed my own complaint against him.
It was even a military bag...
was on my way to Austin, I got bumped from my flight, because TSA
couldnt get in my bag. I use a TSA approved lock. When I wanted to talk
to a supervisor (Farakanel*) he said he did not have to talk to me and
if I did not go away he would call the state troopers on me. So I went
and found my own State Trooper. and filed my own complaint against him.
It was even a military bag...
Oct 12, 2010, 10:12 am
#120
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 4,953
I
was on my way to Austin, I got bumped from my flight, because TSA
couldnt get in my bag. I use a TSA approved lock. When I wanted to talk
to a supervisor (Farakanel*) he said he did not have to talk to me and
if I did not go away he would call the state troopers on me. So I went
and found my own State Trooper. and filed my own complaint against him.
It was even a military bag...
was on my way to Austin, I got bumped from my flight, because TSA
couldnt get in my bag. I use a TSA approved lock. When I wanted to talk
to a supervisor (Farakanel*) he said he did not have to talk to me and
if I did not go away he would call the state troopers on me. So I went
and found my own State Trooper. and filed my own complaint against him.
It was even a military bag...
How did the trooper react when you filed your complaint? Was it a "don't waste my time" reaction or a "here they (TSA) go again" reaction?