Originally Posted by machz990

Government bureaucracy at it's finest. I was informed this morning by a TSA supervisor that their latest operating reg states that unless you are a crewmember actually operating the flight you are flying on, your uniform will mean nothing. You will have the same liquids ban, shoe removal, body scan, etc. as any other passenger. He was candid enough with me to state that the new TSA boss is not our friend. We lost Known Crewmember status and now this. As the TSA prepares to loosen some restrictions on passengers they are quietly segregating us out of any crewmember privileges. TSA knows FedEx and UPS pilots aren't operating any pax flight so we will be subject to the new rules 100%.

He advised that we put pressure on our pilot organization to lobby for a fix to this for two reasons. The new TSA boss is not a team player and this new ruling doesn't pass the reasonable man theory.

Just passing along the good news! He also said the new ruling is taking a while to roll out and isn't enforced at all airports but it is supposed to be. Just a matter of time.