Originally Posted by
Jaww
I have always wondered this. Why is taking those things off in front of passengers? Passengers do it all the time.
What do I care if my belt is off. If passengers are scared at my flying ability after that, it’s on TSA.
Im sure you have good points so I’m curious.
It’s trust. The tsa is saying - you can’t trust your crew. Metal detectors are not finding contraband. They are looking for weapons. We have an axe. We have a missile. It’s sowing seeds of distrust and it’s just unnecessary. Also some metal detectors have an additional screening random. You can set that off without setting off the detector.