TSA Experiences

[homoe]

It's a darn shame those TSA workers have no sense of humor! I'd love to say "Now you owe me dinner and a movie" after being gropped by them...

[Andrea]

[The Oopster]

Went through tsa five times had no problems any of the times. I was even called sir despite the f marker on my license which is what I prefer. A couple of times they patted one or two small specific areas but at the end nothing. I do have a fairly good system down where I take everything off at out and put it in a small carry on knapsack .. belt ... wallet ... change ... watch ... etc... before i even get to the check point. I don't bother with anything that could be questionable ..just put that stuff in my suitcase.

[JoSchmooze]

Originally Posted by homoe

It's a darn shame those TSA workers have no sense of humor! I'd love to say "Now you owe me dinner and a movie" after being gropped by them...

Since I have had a knee replacement I am patted down when
there is no special xray machine...
I ALWAYS make it a point to the woman (dyke or whomever)
that they owe me at least a dinner!

[Andrea]

4 year old gets pat down after hugging Grandma

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/4-year-old-gets-tsa-pat-down-following-hug-from-grandma.html

TSA's policy is to run children under the age of 12 through the scanner until the issue is resolved. Why didn't they do that this time?

[Toughy]

Originally Posted by Andrea

4 year old gets pat down after hugging Grandma

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/4-year-old-gets-tsa-pat-down-following-hug-from-grandma.html

TSA's policy is to run children under the age of 12 through the scanner until the issue is resolved. Why didn't they do that this time?

because the child touched grandma who was not screened yet......

fucking asshats and none of it does a damn thing to make air travel safer....no intrusive pat down, no 3 oz liquids in a baggy, no shoe removal, no special unregulated xray, no new fancy machines makes us any safer.............but it does keep us in fear and fear IS a terror tactic..........so who is the terrorist?

[SugarFemme]

[Andrea]

TSA screeners charged in an L.A. drug trafficking probe

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/04/25/tsa_screeners_charged_in_la_drug_trafficking_probe/

If the screeners will help with drug trafficking for money, what's to keep them from helping terrorists too?

[Andrea]

TSA pat down on 7-year old with cerebral palsy causes family to miss flight.

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/04/25/family-misses-flight-after-tsa-gives-pat-down-to-girl-with-cerebral-palsy/

If this child was dangerous enough to require she return to the security point for additional screening, why wasn't there a terminal dump? She could have done anything in the time between being released and being recalled.

[Andrea]

TSA screeners are being hired without the background checks completed:

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/tsa-bypasses-background-checks-new-hires/nMhrw/

[Andrea]

Blogger reports on his mother-in-laws experience with the TSA: There's an anomaly in the crotch area.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/tsa-to-my-mother-in-law-theres-an-anomaly-in-the-crotch-area/256450/

[Andrea]

Improperly inspected baby causes airport shutdown.

http://gothamist.com/2012/04/27/improperly_inspected_baby_causes_ne.php

[Andrea]

Man detained after baggage triggers bomb scare and causes a full terminal dump. Except that the scary item was a water filtration system......

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/04/27/terminal-2-evacuated-at-msp-airport/

[Andrea]

People in Houston clearly unhappy about BusSafe, a program designed to become routine in which TSA and law enforcement officers board buses, question passengers, and go through their bags. All in the name of stopping terrorists.

http://www.infowars.com/houstonians-revolt-over-tsa-on-buses/

[Andrea]

Will the next phase be cavity searches?

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/officials-fear-terrorists-body-bombs-us-bound-planes/story?id=16245827#.T59DrtXEN5p

[Toughy]

The cavity search, like the backscatter and invasive pat-down, is just for fun doncha know??? Remember the underwear bombing would have passed backscatter as well as metal detectors.

These explosive devices are being surgically implanted in the abdomen. I'm gonna bet you can see it on backscatter......bazinga as Sheldon says........justification for more of those things....they have to be at least 1/4 million a piece...somebody is gonna make a bunch o money.....

and workers and travelers are being exposed to un-monitered back scatter xrays. If those things were in a hospital, workers and frequent flyers would be wearing those little badges I would think./kicks

your very own tax payer funded terrorists at work......

[aishah]

recently i've had several so-so experiences in the kansas city airport, and pretty good experiences in miami (again) and atlanta. just got through security in atlanta and they gave me my cane back before i even had to go through the metal detector, and didn't force me to do the full-body scanner. on the downside, i had to stand in an enormously long line which was really painful (sometimes they allow me to go in the shorter line so i don't have to stand) - but it's my own fault, i should have just gotten a wheelchair.

my bag did get searched a couple of times in kansas city and miami - i think it's because i have a beaded worry pouch necklace with an arrowhead attached to it, it might have showed up as a sharp object on the scanner or something. they didn't confiscate anything, but it was pretty inconvenient.

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by aishah

recently i've had several so-so experiences in the kansas city airport, and pretty good experiences in miami (again) and atlanta. just got through security in atlanta and they gave me my cane back before i even had to go through the metal detector, and didn't force me to do the full-body scanner. on the downside, i had to stand in an enormously long line which was really painful (sometimes they allow me to go in the shorter line so i don't have to stand) - but it's my own fault, i should have just gotten a wheelchair.

my bag did get searched a couple of times in kansas city and miami - i think it's because i have a beaded worry pouch necklace with an arrowhead attached to it, it might have showed up as a sharp object on the scanner or something. they didn't confiscate anything, but it was pretty inconvenient.

Do you feel safer going through these procedures? Would you not fly if these procedures were not in place?

[aishah]

Originally Posted by Andrea

Do you feel safer going through these procedures? Would you not fly if these procedures were not in place?

i thought i might have answered these questions in my earlier posts in this thread, but maybe i didn't. personally, the security practices of tsa don't make me feel safe - they often make me feel explicitly unsafe, actually, because i've been exposed to different kinds of discrimination by tsa due to being disabled and muslim. (i have similar mistrustful feelings towards tsa agents as towards police, though perhaps not as strong.) i worry more about feeling unsafe around tsa agents than i do around fellow passengers, to be honest. even if i were seriously concerned about being harmed by another passenger, i don't believe the current security practices are very effective to prevent that from happening.

as long as i can physically withstand the security and boarding processes, i would fly no matter what security procedures are in place because i need to for work. although it can be painful and aggravating to travel this way, it's nowhere near as painful and aggravating (not to mention time-consuming) as the alternative methods of travel.

not to mention aside from security practices and some of the hardship i go through trying to board/de-plane as a disabled person, i actually really enjoy flying and spending time in airports.

when i say "so-so" or "good" experiences with tsa, i mean that i got through the security checkpoint with a minimum of discrimination and aggravation/pain/suffering. (i.e. i made it through without getting patted down multiple times or in intrusive ways, having my mobility aids and luggage taken from me, or being questioned.) not that i actually think the policies or procedures were terribly good or effective.

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by aishah

i thought i might have answered these questions in my earlier posts in this thread, but maybe i didn't. personally, the security practices of tsa don't make me feel safe - they often make me feel explicitly unsafe, actually, because i've been exposed to different kinds of discrimination by tsa due to being disabled and muslim. (i have similar mistrustful feelings towards tsa agents as towards police, though perhaps not as strong.) i worry more about feeling unsafe around tsa agents than i do around fellow passengers, to be honest. even if i were seriously concerned about being harmed by another passenger, i don't believe the current security practices are very effective to prevent that from happening.

as long as i can physically withstand the security and boarding processes, i would fly no matter what security procedures are in place because i need to for work. although it can be painful and aggravating to travel this way, it's nowhere near as painful and aggravating (not to mention time-consuming) as the alternative methods of travel.

not to mention aside from security practices and some of the hardship i go through trying to board/de-plane as a disabled person, i actually really enjoy flying and spending time in airports.

when i say "so-so" or "good" experiences with tsa, i mean that i got through the security checkpoint with a minimum of discrimination and aggravation/pain/suffering. (i.e. i made it through without getting patted down multiple times or in intrusive ways, having my mobility aids and luggage taken from me, or being questioned.) not that i actually think the policies or procedures were terribly good or effective.

Thank you, aishah. You did previously reply to similar questions. I was asking about your more recent travels and should have been more specific.