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Some airport screeners have sticky fingers
MONTREAL - The way Denis Bouffard remembers it, all he did was slip his hand into passengers' plastic bins at the airport security checkpoint where he worked and swipe a little spare change. (cnews.canoe.ca) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I've had some blatant screener theft experiences with this one being the most blatant: I forgot I had a Swiss Army nail trimming keychain (no knives, just trimming scissors, a SQUARE POINT file, toothpick, and tweezers) and the security screener at DIA said it was a "weapon" and wouldn't let me keep it. I protested some, but releted. As I put my shoes back on, I watched the very same screener pocket the keychain. As I had been delayed through security and had to catch my flight, I couldn't do anything about it. I wish I had filed a complaint with the airport. I only hope that the "round world" nature of the universe has returned the bad kharma on that screener.
I've always been wary of screeners, even before 9/11. That's why I use a fanny-pack when going through security checks. Everything metallic goes in and if they want to check the contents after the X-ray it takes time for them to open it at which time I'm already through the metal detector and watching what they're doing. I don't go through until I've seen the belt start with my pack going into the X-ray.
Ive said it a BAZILLION times.....The hi-jackers of 9/11 got on the planes with box cutters, something that our dear FAA said was an ALLOWED item to be taken on....PERIOD!!!!!! Change the restrictions, thats all that was needed. Not creation of a Monster of a new Govt agency....TSA is nothing but a smoke and mirrors side show to make everyone feels safe...The only difference is that we now screen checked baggage Stateside as before 9/11 we didnt...As for feeling safer? I dont feel any safer today, than I ever did before 9/11....Ive also said a Bazillion times, whilst were are busy stripping Granny and Babies looking for bombs, Al Queda terrorists will be bombing other places. The have our (DHS) full attention on aviation, and we are ignoring everything else...Stupid!! Let us stop letting the ACLU control our airport security and lets start profiling passengers. Lets go back to asking questions to passengers to at check-in..Oh wait, we cannot do that anymore, Airlines have stopped using people at check-in counters and rely on self serve kiosks. Clever, whats next? No flight crews?
Id also say, quit allowing ONLINE check-in/boarding passes. Thats a big security breach too!!!! You can disagree with me all you want but Ive been in the travel industry long enuff to know what we NEED to do....
Id also say, quit allowing ONLINE check-in/boarding passes. Thats a big security breach too!!!! You can disagree with me all you want but Ive been in the travel industry long enuff to know what we NEED to do....
TSA now going through wallets? You must be kidding! Now they're not only playing TSA, but DEA? It's not illegal to have cash. What are these guys looking for now? Is this a new policy, or just "casing" a new potential victim?
Another "meaning" for TSA I've heard is "Taliban's Supreme Achievement". It's a sad way to think about the agency, but the terrorists' whole point of 9/11 was to incite fear. The "better safe than sorry" mentality has created this establishment and the screening methods we see today. Just a few weeks ago, I noticed the TSA screeners are now going through our wallets. I could actually count how many 100s the guy in front of me had in his wallet as they thumbed through them. We've created this beaurocracy out of fear, and the enemy has become ourselves. Reinforcement of cockpit doors with cockpit procedure changes as well as passengers who are now willing to fight off a would-be hijacker mitigates at least 99% of the new risk. Where do we stop? Where do we say "enough is enough"?
Good one, Richard! I can't tell you how many times I've gotten through security with a small pair of scissors leaving major cities (unwittingly, of course)! I went through a body scanner at MCI (you know, in the middle of a corn field). Really! What is this really costing the traveling public? Ridiculous! Airlines are cutting flights to save fuel costs; try getting rid of the TSA or at least refining the whole process so it makes sense. How about we search them (the TSA agents) before they search us? I could go on and on. Oh by the way, did you know TSA stands for "try staying awake"? Overkill on one had and laxity and pilfering on the other. Really now!