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Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Dec 13, 10, 1:04 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,071
Posted By LuvsParis

Will rivets on jeans alert the NoS?

I've heard people are having no trouble with wedding rings (that's good if true). But I also read that one woman believed her jeans were causing the alert. Possible or not? Are a lot of people...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Dec 3, 10, 8:43 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 9,332
Posted By LuvsParis

So would a shorter (at or just above) the knee...

So would a shorter (at or just above) the knee skirt, made of standard travel knit, be bulky?

Let's just say I go through one of the two kinds of machines - why would I be pulled for a secondary,...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 25, 10, 12:19 am
Replies: 12
Views: 941
Posted By LuvsParis

Unfortunately (and I'm assuming you're asking...

Unfortunately (and I'm assuming you're asking this question for real), you want to be realistic. Have a valid form of ID with you (driver's license or passport, read about the pro's and con's of...
Forum: Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate
Nov 24, 10, 11:23 pm
Replies: 155
Views: 11,660
Posted By LuvsParis

This would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. ...

This would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. You don't hear comments from the public every day as I do (as a teacher of adults). Among educated persons (as judged by polls in college newspapers),...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 24, 10, 7:09 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,632
Posted By LuvsParis

Reporters at LAX all day, showing lines with...

Reporters at LAX all day, showing lines with empty/unused/roped off backscatter machines. Very sparse or no use (and fewer flyers than two years ago, about the same as last year).
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 24, 10, 5:37 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,611
Posted By LuvsParis

At LAX, it was mostly metal detectors (or...

At LAX, it was mostly metal detectors (or entirely metal detectors today). I can't seem to keep straight whether ATL used them or not.

But at LAX, lines were way, way less - and people heading...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 24, 10, 4:54 pm
Replies: 145
Views: 30,874
Posted By LuvsParis

What in heck did this guy have in his pants/groin...

What in heck did this guy have in his pants/groin area that required such close inspection? They were doing a secondary, I'm guessing, and wouldn't let him go because...the screen felt something? ...
Forum: Travel News
Nov 24, 10, 4:30 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 6,678
Posted By LuvsParis

This needs to be facebooked and tweeted multiple...

This needs to be facebooked and tweeted multiple times.

Outrageous.
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 24, 10, 3:56 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 729
Posted By LuvsParis

The TSA PR campaign is focusing on the safety...

The TSA PR campaign is focusing on the safety issue.

Reporters are apparently reluctant (or too disinterested/untrained) to ask other questions about the NoS.

For example, even if safe, is it...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 24, 10, 10:27 am
Replies: 143
Views: 13,949
Posted By LuvsParis

I keep hearing on local Los Angeles area news...

I keep hearing on local Los Angeles area news that the backscatter machines are not being used today, so that opting out isn't necessary. Everyone is going through metal detectors, just like the...
Forum: Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate
Nov 24, 10, 1:26 am
Replies: 838
Views: 80,553
Posted By LuvsParis

Post A Big News Day Begins

Daily Mail (UK) chose to lead with how much the TSA dislikes smelly and/or obese people....
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 23, 10, 11:58 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,836
Posted By LuvsParis

TSA is in the Executive Branch, not the...

TSA is in the Executive Branch, not the Legislative Branch.

Only the Legislative Branch of the government can make laws. Since the TSA is acting as if it has law-making authority, it is in...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Nov 23, 10, 11:46 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 4,185
Posted By LuvsParis

Yes, they will allow one person to stand back...

Yes, they will allow one person to stand back with all the carry-ons. We do it the same way. I go through while DH has everything. He puts it in bins, refuses to be hurried (they cannot make you...
Forum: Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate
Jul 14, 10, 12:43 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 4,295
Posted By LuvsParis

Cool You all saw the pizza recruitment strategy, right?

I didn't see a thread devoted to the new campaign by the TSA to recruit employees. Apparently, pizza delivery customers are the target pool (along with, I suppose, pizza parlor workers who will see...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
Jun 13, 10, 8:46 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 7,232
Posted By LuvsParis

We just got back from Italy and France, through...

We just got back from Italy and France, through Atlanta. To our surprise, it was CDG where the security was most intense this time - last year, it was very chill. This year, we lost our corkscrew...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 21, 10, 5:10 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 11,994
Posted By LuvsParis

I think being stopped to be reminded that our car...

I think being stopped to be reminded that our car registration would expire in 3 days was an unnecessary stop. At 11 pm on a dark and deserted road.

The sticker was back home in California, and...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 21, 10, 3:23 pm
Replies: 92
Views: 8,005
Posted By LuvsParis

Yes, it seems to me that there are way too many...

Yes, it seems to me that there are way too many TSO's at each gate, especially as compared to security protocols in other countries. The problems I've seen or heard about all involved several TSO's,...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 21, 10, 1:06 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 6,262
Posted By LuvsParis

I don't know if theft is rampant, but long before...

I don't know if theft is rampant, but long before I found this board, I became interested in the topic after two different colleagues had significant thefts in or around the checkpoint (let's face...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 20, 10, 6:05 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,590
Posted By LuvsParis

I forward complaints about TSO's to local police...

I forward complaints about TSO's to local police departments when I believe the TSO has broken the law, of course.

LAPD encourages this, as does the LE agency for the feeder airport closer to...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 20, 10, 2:52 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,590
Posted By LuvsParis

Firebug, I don't know where you live, or what...

Firebug, I don't know where you live, or what customer service is like there, but where I live, a customer who is agitated (for cause) is still treated seriously - indeed, courteously, nearly...
Forum: Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate
May 19, 10, 7:38 pm
Replies: 67
Views: 5,237
Posted By LuvsParis

I had mentioned in a post about two weeks ago...

I had mentioned in a post about two weeks ago that TSA was recruiting on the college campus where I work, in anticipation of many new jobs. Thing is, we're pretty far from the airport. Some...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 19, 10, 7:27 pm
Replies: 92
Views: 8,005
Posted By LuvsParis

That leaves me speechless, but not the least bit...

That leaves me speechless, but not the least bit surprised.
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 19, 10, 6:45 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 11,994
Posted By LuvsParis

Oh, I don't feel you're starting anything. Many...

Oh, I don't feel you're starting anything. Many people along the border (and many Californians, many of them Mexican American) believe there is a problem. The reduction of the number of actual...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 18, 10, 12:43 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 11,994
Posted By LuvsParis

If this weren't so annoying, this would read like...

If this weren't so annoying, this would read like black comedy, Phil. Good luck on any response from Arizona. I was reading their newspapers yesterday, where the statement about the fifth form of ID...
Forum: Practical Travel Safety and Security Issues
May 16, 10, 11:05 pm
Replies: 143
Views: 18,388
Posted By LuvsParis

I have a great memory, especially when I'm...

I have a great memory, especially when I'm motivated. I'll bet I could glance for 10 seconds at an ID, focus on memorizing 1 in 10, and develop a quick system for recording the addies. Just the...
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