?Do I have the right to refuse this search??

[scooterbug44]

I don't think we can blame TSA screening procedures for making air travel less glamourous - with the exception of taking off my shoes, there is no change for the regular traveler on that score.

Guess I just approach it a different way - and the stuff I send through the xray tends to entertain the screeners - a hamburger and fries in a to go box, my empty plastic water bottle w/ lemon wedge, golf balls, frozen crab cakes (this varies by supervisor) etc.

 

[Here4Good]

I always thought that the TSA here was pretty good, but they caused quite the incident yesterday:

TSA "screw up" leads to hijacking scare | hijacking, leads, scare - News - Northwest Florida Daily News

I don't know how TSA can recall an aircraft without notifying Eglin.

Oops.

They also called the flight back because of their own screening failure of a TSA employee (see the article which started this thread).

 

[AlphaCrab]

I think TSA has improved dramatically since its inception. Right after 9-11, I was pointed at and motioned out of line on every flight I took. Annoyed slightly, but didn't mind. Atlanta in particular has improved and is quite efficient with very polite officers.

If you know the drill and cooperate, there really shouldn't be any problems. I admit, I hate seeing my bag get stopped in the scan machine and scrutinized, while I stand there bare-footed and beltless. Air travel is certainly no longer glamourous.

I have a feeling that if there is cause for a search (strange object in my bag, which is usually a belt buckle) and I refuse the search, I will be denied progressing past security. I could try it next time, but just have no desire for that kind of altercation.

I have to agree 100%v Lynnie!

 

[futurebeachbum]

Retired War Hero's US Medal of Honor seized by TSA screeners

Here's a link to the story which happened about a year ago:

Genuine Hero's War Memorabilia Seized by Screeners
WWII Super-Ace Joe Foss Hassled; MoH Ancillaries Taken by Lunatic Screeners​

Here's the link to the Snopes page, listing it as true.

From the story:

Joe Foss spent the best years of his life fighting against evil, totalitarian regimes. After what happened to him last week, he might be excused for thinking he lost.

Foss, for those who don?t know him, is a pretty amazing guy. Like a lot of people who were young when Lindbergh flew (he was just 12 at the time), he was inspired to fly by the great airman and scrounged money for lessons.

He served when his country called, teaching hundreds of young Americans to fly. Then when he was 'over the hill' by fighter standards, he became a top Marine fighter ace (he shot down five Japanese planes in one day at Guadalcanal, flying an obsolete Wildcat).

He won many awards, including the Congressional Medal of Honor ? the USA?s top military decoration, given to only the bravest of the brave, for acts of near-foolhardy valor (Lindbergh got one, too).

He was a two-term governor of his home state, South Dakota, and a successful businessman.

But Foss thought that he could travel freely in today?s United States, and then he made the mistake of trying to reason with the moronic, illiterate, education-shy and insolent (and probably) foreigners now employed as airline security guards.

They thought his Medal of Honor should be taken from him ? either because it has points (see the picture) and therefore is a ?weapon,? or because they just wanted it.​

What a great story of the selfless men and women of the TSA keeping us safe through grand and pointless 'security theatre'....The sooner they are disbanded and gone, the better. Sadly, governments never get smaller and useless departments never go away.

 

[scooterbug44]

Yep, that's a "here's your sign" moment.

I always question them taking away Mama Scooterbug's knitting needles (short cable ones, not the long granny kind), then serving her meals w/ metal utensils.