TSA Experiences

[*Anya*]

Pat-down?

More like a molestation.

WTF??!!

I honestly feel like the whole world has gone insane since November.

[Chad]

I wonder how TSA will react to my tooth implant. I get my knee replacement through TSA without any issues but now I have my knee replacement and a tooth implant.

I will report back on my experiences.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Chad

I wonder how TSA will react to my tooth implant. I get my knee replacement through TSA without any issues but now I have my knee replacement and a tooth implant.

I will report back on my experiences.

Chad, if anyone goes to "frisk" ya inform them "not without dinner first" .......LOL

[Chad]

Originally Posted by homoe

Chad, if anyone goes to "frisk" ya inform them "not without dinner first" .......LOL

Haha! I would probably just smile and say "pleased to make your acquaintance ma'am".

[homoe]

It is a damn shame they have NO sense of humor because I can think of a million things to say to crack them up!

[Chad]

Originally Posted by homoe

Chad, if anyone goes to "frisk" ya inform them "not without dinner first" .......LOL

I did get a pat down in the airport and it got very personal. I thought that it did meet the dinner obligation or at least drinks. I hope she enjoyed playing with my body.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Chad

I did get a pat down in the airport and it got very personal. I thought that it did meet the dinner obligation or at least drinks. I hope she enjoyed playing with my body.

.........

[Andrea]

TSA begins testing fingerprint check-ins at two US airports

https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/14/tsa-testing-fingerprint-checkin/?sr_source=Twitter

It's never a nice experience to stand in line at the airport for hours just to get a pat down when you get to the end. Hopefully, TSA's new biometric fingerprint tech could make air travel a more pleasant experience for most people. Starting this week, the Transportation Security Administration's fingerprint sensors will go through proof-of-concept testing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and at Denver International Airport. The test will last for four weeks, and you can try it out for yourself if you registered your fingerprint as part of TSA's PreCheck program.

Your biometric info will serve as both proof of identification and boarding pass, so it can, in theory, lead to shorter lines and much speedier check-in. For the proof-of-concept test, though, participants still have to show their identification documents, boarding passes and tickets, since its purpose is to assess how accurate the biometric system is.

TSA Acting Assistant Administrator Steve Karoly said in a statement:
"TSA looks at technologies and intelligence capabilities that allow us to analyze and secure the travel environment, passengers and their property. Through these and other technology demonstrations, we are looking to reinvent and enhance security effectiveness to meet the evolving threat and ensure that passengers get to their destinations safely."

Haven't provided the agency your fingerprint yet, but you're willing to trust them with your info for the chance to test the new system out? You can still volunteer your fingerprint using its PreCheck lanes at the airport. If we're lucky, it could change the way airport security works in the US.

[Andrea]

Fish market owner 'personally offended' by large lobster TSA photo

http://www.kcra.com/article/fish-market-owner-personally-offended-by-large-lobster-tsa-photo/10232478

The owner of a Connecticut fish market says she is "personally offended" after she saw a photo of a 20-pound (9-kilogram) lobster being handled by a Transportation Security Administration screener on social media.

Lisa Feinman owns Atlantic Seafood Market in Old Saybrook, and says she packed the lobster in a cooler with other lobsters for a customer from Georgia.

TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy later shared a photo of a screener holding the lobster, getting thousands of likes on Instagram.

In a Facebook post, Feinman took great exception to the photo being taken.

"I have something to say about this," she wrote." "This TSA agent should mind his own business. When is it okay to go through someones checked baggage and take photographs? I am personally offended by this because I packed this checked cooler with care and concern for the lobsters and my customers personal property. In addition to this lobster, my customer also purchased several other lobsters all of which were purposefully packed on top of this guy. This agent (after seeing the contents on an x ray machine, no doubt) had to dump out 12 other lobsters to get to this guy. Seriously, nothing better to do? And who would be to blame when these lobsters show up with a claw broken off because the TSA agent doesn't know how to properly handle a lobster? Do your job and leave our personal property alone."

She also criticized the way the agent held the lobster, saying he could have snapped off a claw by putting all of its weight on its joints.

The agency has not responded to requests for comment.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Chad

I wonder how TSA will react to my tooth implant. I get my knee replacement through TSA without any issues but now I have my knee replacement and a tooth implant.

I will report back on my experiences.

I have two implants. No problems and have been flying a lot in the past year.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

I have two implants. No problems and have been flying a lot in the past year.

Thanks buddy.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Chad

I wonder how TSA will react to my tooth implant. I get my knee replacement through TSA without any issues but now I have my knee replacement and a tooth implant.

I will report back on my experiences.

I made it through all the scanners just fine. TSA is cool with my implants. They could not resist patting me down though.