Originally Posted by
dundem
I'm looking for advice on how to deal with this situation in the future- I was denied entry into the terminal area by a TSA agent because my company does not leave from the terminal of the airline that I was trying to jump-seat on; she insisted that I go to the check-in counter and get a boarding pass for the flight...Does TSA have the right to do this?
I didn't realize that they could as I was in uniform and displaying a valid ID from a US air carrier.
Actually and unfortunately I think they are correct, I saw a memo about this a few months ago. However at majority of the airports they still let all the pilots through, whether their airline flies in there or not - usually it's a brand new TSA agent who just finished his/her training or a supervisor who hates pilots that follows this stupid rule. Can’t remember if this was the union or the company that sent out the memo, I’ll try to dig it up. Basically the memo said that if your particular airline was not a "customer" at that particular airport, you had to get a pre-boarding pass like all the passengers.