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May 17, 2009 | 1:59 pm
#31
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Florida
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Dumping the concourse is what the SOP (rightly so) says to do in this instance. The legal question is not so muddy as it may seem, the prohib lists
<a href="http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#9">Explosives</a> lists blasting caps as a no go in both carryon and checked luggage. I am kind of interested in the reasoning behind the allowance to fly, but the situation was handled by that airport and the find was a pretty good one, as I mentioned before, I would have had to change my undies if it came in my bag room.
<a href="http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#9">Explosives</a> lists blasting caps as a no go in both carryon and checked luggage. I am kind of interested in the reasoning behind the allowance to fly, but the situation was handled by that airport and the find was a pretty good one, as I mentioned before, I would have had to change my undies if it came in my bag room.
"All underwear are subject to seizure in the event of a bomb scare and TSO evacuation"
May 17, 2009 | 2:02 pm
#32
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Greensboro
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I make no excuses for the ones that miss that knife taped to the center of the red teams back, or the one with a pistol in their sock. Those are pretty glaring problems. But when something looks like a regular bag and has no indicators you can pick up on with the equipment it makes it tough! (That being said, some of the tests look like your prototype IED picture from an al Quaeda bomb page, I make no excuses for those failures either!)
May 17, 2009 | 2:05 pm
#34
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Greensboro
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That could be appropriate in certain circumstances, I would have to be careful though, I am fairly certain that "the woman" would knife me if I showed up in pink frillies....
May 17, 2009 | 2:09 pm
#35
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Dumping the concourse is what the SOP (rightly so) says to do in this instance. The legal question is not so muddy as it may seem, the prohib lists
Explosives lists blasting caps as a no go in both carryon and checked luggage. I am kind of interested in the reasoning behind the allowance to fly, but the situation was handled by that airport and the find was a pretty good one, as I mentioned before, I would have had to change my undies if it came in my bag room.
Explosives lists blasting caps as a no go in both carryon and checked luggage. I am kind of interested in the reasoning behind the allowance to fly, but the situation was handled by that airport and the find was a pretty good one, as I mentioned before, I would have had to change my undies if it came in my bag room.
The TSA should be destroyed.
May 17, 2009 | 2:10 pm
#36
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May 17, 2009 | 2:12 pm
#38
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May 17, 2009 | 6:03 pm
#39
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May 17, 2009 | 6:24 pm
#40
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May 20, 2009 | 4:56 pm
#42
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Recognizing the threat items, TSO William Lynch immediately notified Supervisory TSO Al Graddy and Transportation Security Manager Thomas Willoughby, local management and law enforcement. Bomb Appraisal Officer Thomas Carroll immediately arrived on the scene, declared the items a threat and ordered an immediate evacuation.
Is this a TSA position? Or is this an actual real LEO position within a bomb squad?
Is this a TSA position? Or is this an actual real LEO position within a bomb squad?
May 20, 2009 | 5:20 pm
#43
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,195
Recognizing the threat items, TSO William Lynch immediately notified Supervisory TSO Al Graddy and Transportation Security Manager Thomas Willoughby, local management and law enforcement. Bomb Appraisal Officer Thomas Carroll immediately arrived on the scene, declared the items a threat and ordered an immediate evacuation.
Is this a TSA position? Or is this an actual real LEO position within a bomb squad?
Is this a TSA position? Or is this an actual real LEO position within a bomb squad?
http://www.tsa.gov/join/careers/faq.shtm
May 20, 2009 | 8:34 pm
#44
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Children and Strip Searches may just be the proverbial straw.
May 20, 2009 | 10:24 pm
#45
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Just for the record, if that bag came into my bag room, we would dump the concourse and the front section of our airport! That is just guh-nasty looking! I am still not certain as to what the rationale behind allowing the passenger to fly, maybe there are some factors that are not known.