TSA Experiences

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by Toughy

Are there data on the percentage of these incidents? I'm wondering if a lot of this crap is occurring at specific airports more often than at others. Is this about management of specific TSA locations?

I just went through airport security and was treated very well and very respectfully. I was not touched in any inappropriate way. This was at airports in Medford OR and Midland TX. (yeah yeah podunk airports going to podunk towns) It could have been much worse as my last name was spelled incorrectly on my boarding pass and I walk with a cane..........an obvious typo using 's' instead of 'a'.

Are you asking for a percentage of incidents to the number of people that go through security on a daily basis? No, there is no data for that because not everyone reports what happens out of fear of retaliation, embarrassment, denial (sounds a bit like a rape victim....hmmmmm).

The percentage of TSA employees charged with a crime to the number of TSA employees appears to be around 1% of 65,000 in 2011. One percent doesn't seem like much until you look at the heinousness of the crimes committed by the same people that look at our personal belongings, touch our bodies, and determine if we have the right to fly today.

No, the incidents are not specific to any airports, although many of the flyers I know agree that certain airports are worse than others for the flyers due, in part, to TSA power trips.

It is great that you did not experience any inappropriate touching and that you were treated respectfully, however, please remember how many times someone is arrested for molestation, murder, drugs, etc., only to have neighbors and family say he is such a nice person, I can't believe he acted that way.

Millions of flyers may go through TSA checkpoints with no problem, or at least not enough of a problem to complain about, but does that make the one time your mother, sister, spouse, child... was treated inappropriately, tolerable?

What would be an acceptable percentage of inappropriate behavior?

Thank you for your question, Toughy. Please let me know if I did not provide the information you were looking for.