TSA sleeping at security check point
#1
TSA sleeping at security check point
These guys bring this stuff to a whole new level.
http://www.talkairline. com/showphoto.php/photo/456
--from a pilot based in BOS
http://www.talkairline. com/showphoto.php/photo/456
"Today in BOS, I arrived to find a TSA agent sound asleep in a Spirit Airlines wheelchair, on the outside of security. After mentioning it to a ticket agent, she stated that he had been there for almost two hours. So I go back, and take a few pictures of it, one of which is great. There is nothing in the pictures that is security related at all, it is just him in the wheelchair against a wall.
A coworker of his came over, woke him up, and told him that someone had just taken his picture. He asked who it was and I responded that it was me. He told me that the picture better be deleted, to which I responded that not only is it not going to be deleted, it is going to be copied, a few million times over. Next, he makes some slang remarks, and walks over to his coworkers that are at the security checkpoint.
I see them looking over, pointing, those kind of things. Eventually, the manager comes over and inquires about the picture. I told him that I had it. He leans into me and in a strong tone says, 'I hope you do the right thing with that picture, and we won't have anything to worry about'. My response was that I will do the right thing, and those involved should be very worried.
Fifteen minutes or so pass, I go through security to go to work, and am immediately intercepted by the manager already mentioned, and two people in suits. Only one person spoke to me, one of the suits. She asked about the picture, I confirmed it. She tells me that the individual has been reprimanded, and then inquires as to what I am going to do with the picture. I told her that I will do anything I want, it is my picture. She asks why I am getting hostile (which I was not). My last statement to her was that unless I am being detained, I have a job to do, and you can find me on flight #xxxx, and then I walked off. They did not come to the aircraft."
A coworker of his came over, woke him up, and told him that someone had just taken his picture. He asked who it was and I responded that it was me. He told me that the picture better be deleted, to which I responded that not only is it not going to be deleted, it is going to be copied, a few million times over. Next, he makes some slang remarks, and walks over to his coworkers that are at the security checkpoint.
I see them looking over, pointing, those kind of things. Eventually, the manager comes over and inquires about the picture. I told him that I had it. He leans into me and in a strong tone says, 'I hope you do the right thing with that picture, and we won't have anything to worry about'. My response was that I will do the right thing, and those involved should be very worried.
Fifteen minutes or so pass, I go through security to go to work, and am immediately intercepted by the manager already mentioned, and two people in suits. Only one person spoke to me, one of the suits. She asked about the picture, I confirmed it. She tells me that the individual has been reprimanded, and then inquires as to what I am going to do with the picture. I told her that I will do anything I want, it is my picture. She asks why I am getting hostile (which I was not). My last statement to her was that unless I am being detained, I have a job to do, and you can find me on flight #xxxx, and then I walked off. They did not come to the aircraft."
--from a pilot based in BOS
Last edited by Da Magic; 11-03-2008 at 07:27 AM.
#2
Good for you. I had a similar instance in which I noticed the person in charge of the metal detector speaking on his/her cell phone while passengers were processing through. Not only that, but the conversation had spilled over to the person running the x-ray machine.
I went to the TSA website, reported it as a security concern and received a phone call a few days later looking for more information. Apparently they did an investigation and saw what I was referring to on the security tapes. Doubt anything became of it, though........
I went to the TSA website, reported it as a security concern and received a phone call a few days later looking for more information. Apparently they did an investigation and saw what I was referring to on the security tapes. Doubt anything became of it, though........
#3
I went through security in terminal 3 at ORD a couple months back, and a TSA lady in uniform was collecting the grey bins and stacking them while reading a book. I pointed it out to the supervisor and he told me that she was on her break and just helping out. Helping out, great. Reading a book while helping out, come on. You have to be kidding me!
#6
I've seen several TSA agents at BOS wearing fitted baseball hats while screening at the security checkpoints.
It's a symptom of what I believe to be a general lack of managerial oversight and responsibility within the TSA.
It's a symptom of what I believe to be a general lack of managerial oversight and responsibility within the TSA.
#7
What i really dont seem to understand is this. TSA guys show up to work with there new blue uniforms on. They have a metal badge on the uniform and when they "go through security" the metal detector will beep. But instead of having to take off the badge or anything else, they just walk right through like no one's business. So one explain that to me.
If they can scrutinize the pilots as they do, why aren't they under the same microscope????
If they can scrutinize the pilots as they do, why aren't they under the same microscope????
#8
What i really dont seem to understand is this. TSA guys show up to work with there new blue uniforms on. They have a metal badge on the uniform and when they "go through security" the metal detector will beep. But instead of having to take off the badge or anything else, they just walk right through like no one's business. So one explain that to me.
If they can scrutinize the pilots as they do, why aren't they under the same microscope????
If they can scrutinize the pilots as they do, why aren't they under the same microscope????
See the last sentence in my post above yours and maybe add "congressional/government" in there for good measure:
It's a symptom of what I believe to be a general lack of managerial oversight and responsibility within the TSA.
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