No, but next time I have a quick turn international MR on NW I will (hoping I remember).

Wonder if you could force printing one per page by manipulating the format and unchecking any "size to fit" options?

When we fly on DL (prints 2 copies of same BP on each page), I only take out the BP's for the current segment & give one to my wife. They never ask for any more. They might just be 'droids trained to waste time on whatever ends up in front of them.

I have to admit that the thought crossed my mind, too.

You would dare to walk around in an airport without TSA's secret markings on your BP?

And you would permit yourself to have duplicate BP's in your possession? (reminds me of a CO TA insisting I throw out our old BP's when we changed seats, like, "Lady, do you realize how many copies of these I printed? Not to mention the image file on my laptop ...")

You are a thoroughy dangerous woman, scoow.

I was thinking he should have Pumpkin & Cupcake up ahead riding point to distract the TSO.

Well there certainly isn't any doubt about THAT! :D but also :mad:

My sympathy for what you endured, it was totally unacceptable.

Unfortunately, so many people believe "I have nothing to hide so why should I be afraid (or cooperate)." Your experience is a prime lesson of why we all need to erase the phrase "I have nothing to hide" from our thoughts.

I would love to see you post this story over on the TSA blog. However, should you choose to do so, you need to challenge them to publish your comments, otherwise they will get sent to the trash folder.

TSA Blog Inconsistencies

Certainly I'm sorry that you had to endure such crappy disgusting treatment at the hands of a Napoleonic little TSA creep, and yet, despite everyone thinking that their complaints will change how these TSA thugs and terrorists behave, I think that sometimes, being prudent is the correct thing to do, as in your case, being a high profile attorney.

You are most assuredly correct that in that your name would have been on 'The List' and on every other occasion you'd likely be subjected to the infamous SSSS treatment by the TSA gestapo.

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1966 - In an agreement signed with Britain, the NSA removed the 2300 residents of Mauritius islands removed and built a listening post on Diego Garcia as part of the Classic Wizard system (worldwide Advanced Tactical Ocean Surveillance System) and link for the White Cloud satellite program. NSA also used the giant Arecibo antenna in Puerto Rico that was funded by ARPA for civilian research. The Harrogate station was built 200 miles north of London, near the Menwith Hill Station that had been purchased as farmland in 1955 by the Army and in August 1966 was transferred from Army to NSA, with new antennas and domes constructed to eavesdrop. A new station was built at Buckley Air National Guard Base in Auraora near Denver. New ground stations were planned for Australia in 1966, starting with Pine Gap 11 miles from Alice Springs, codenamed Merino; another station was built in 1969 at Nurrungar in Woomera area 600 miles southeast of Alice Springs, codenamed Casino.

I respectfully disagree. Since the OP is a high-profile, this will likely HELP the tide against TSA go even higher, and you will get ALOT of sympathy and support from people. You WON'T go on a list for complaining - as many others in this thread have complained to TSA and their Congresspeople, and yielded no results of getting on a list. Please, for the greater good of humanity, complain? :-D Don't let this go... or this could happen to someone else.

MKEBound, the author of "Kip Hawley Is An Idiot," had his situation escalated to his elected representatives, had the ACLU involved and got beaucoup face-time with media outlets.

Yet, he has not received a reply from the TSA.

I'm not saying don't send a complaint. I am saying to keep your expectations where the TSA's competency level is -- in the cellar.

I reprint my boarding pass at the airport kiosk pretty much all the time. Since usually I'm traveling without checked luggage, there isn't a line at the kiosks for people with no checked luggage and even if there is it is usually 1 person ahead of me.

Portions of the post that previously appeared in this space have been deleted. I would provide you with a reason why, but doing so would likely be against the TOS.

You admit that you cut it close, as you always do, when getting to the airport. Come on, you should know better. :td:

People on these boards ALWAYS lament the smoke and mirrors techniques the TSA employs and beg the question why doesn't the TSA use behavioral techniques similar to ElAl to thwart terrorists. Well, in your case, they detained you because you were acting nervous/anxious by their estimation, and whether you were able to detect it in your own behavior or not, perhaps you weren't keeping your seething irritation in check as well as you'd like to think. @:-)

As a fellow passenger (and as a passenger in general) it irritates me to know that the aircraft pulled back up to the gate for one person. That delays the whole system.

Lastly, I don't know what your personal politics have to do with anything.

Oh come on now.

TSA has repeatedly said that it will ignore signs when people are running late, sweating, etc because they understand this stuff happens.

And good grief, how long does it take to clear someone? It doesn't take several minutes to look at an ID, nor do bags need to be tossed multiple times.

TSA's conduct here is rephrensible at best.

Sure, he should have gotten there earlier. That doesn't excuse TSA's behavior though. :td:

What NW did was NW's choice. I'm guessing that the OP flies enough and that it was worth it to NW due to the money he spends repeatedly to do a little something to go the extra mile for the OP. It doesn't sound the like the plane was delayed long ... I've been delayed longer on the tarmac due to FAA issues.

Had it caused a big problem for NW, I doubt they would have waited.

Agreed. WIth SAT being an out-station for NWA, as frequently as SAT Lawyer flies I'd be willing to bet he's on a first name basis with most if not all of the local GAs. (Frame of reference: I know that's the case for me at my home out-station, GPT.)

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Ditto & double ditto!

I, too, am disappointed that the OP does not seem to want to take this any further. I don't think there's a tinker's chance in he** that he'd end up on a watch list.

He could post to the TSA blog where they could, if they really wanted to, track him down, but they won't. (That's the reason you can't post to the blog from Firefox; TSA wants the cookies that they get from IE.)

If those of you complaining about the OP not getting to the airport 2 hours ahead of his flight, you must not have noticed this in his post: "Usually getting through security at SAT is a breeze". This is true; seldom does the wait time last more than 10 minutes, so getting to the airport 40 mins before a flight does not seem unreasonable.