I wonder if carrying a copy of the TSA rules and operating procedures would be useful
Oct 28, 2007, 7:26 pm
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Which brings us full circle to the "ability to read" requirement...
Oct 28, 2007, 7:34 pm
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I love the TSA screeners that try to engage me in a conversation to see if I have been drinking. I usually just greet them with a series of grunts and shrugs since I am not the most friendly person first thing in the morning.
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Oct 28, 2007, 7:48 pm
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Maybe it would make sense if it were. Whatever either a passenger or screener can download on the spot is the final arbiter of disputes, because new rules would go on the web site first as a matter of course. In fact, that's where the screeners themselves would find out about changes.
Oct 28, 2007, 9:16 pm
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Funny, cause as a crew member I used to have a copy of the SOPs that affected me during my travels. I carried it through security one day so I would not be subject to secondary screening and they insisted that I didn't have the latest revision. My revision was dated the week previous and I highly doubt a new revision was issued that quickly (and of course it wasn't). Most of the screeners DO NOT follow the SOPs in place. They like to make up their own rules to fit the situation. STL is/was king of new rule per day. I can at least say, the harassment of crew members has gone down over the past couple of years but it is still there not to mention the daily harassment of normal pax.
Oct 28, 2007, 9:43 pm
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You mean screeners that lie. @:-)
Oct 28, 2007, 9:58 pm
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Comrade Kip Hawley is a disgusting little liar, so it's no surprise to see the lying permeate through the employees.
Oct 28, 2007, 10:09 pm
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Direct evidence of the binary liquid explosive lie making air travel less safe. Most of the screeners know it is a joke, so how can they take anything else about their jobs seriously?
Every encounter with a water bottle wielding passenger denigrates the TSA in both the eyes of the passenger and the screener.
Every encounter with a water bottle wielding passenger denigrates the TSA in both the eyes of the passenger and the screener.
Oct 28, 2007, 10:31 pm
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Oct 28, 2007, 10:55 pm
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Oct 29, 2007, 9:40 am
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I said seldom because I hate to speak in absolutes unless I have evidence that it always happens. The instance I was thinking of was when the new electronics screening was implemented. I couldn't remember if all the details were posted on the website before the screening started.
