Originally Posted by TristarJS30

Anyone else notice the smaller airports are usually more "thorough" with their searches and security procedures and more unfriendly to crew than the major airports?

I got bag checked in Fresno the other day, which is fine. I was non-revving out of uniform, but had showed my crew ID to the girl who checked my ticket (the same one who checked my bag.) I was carrying a tiny travel umbrella in my bag and that set off their screen.

She goes "we saw an umbrella in your bag on the x-ray and we have to visually see it." So I asked politely, if they knew what it was, why does she have to look at it? Her response was a shrug, unzipped my duffel bag, and then turned it upside down dumping the contents onto the table. Once she saw the umbrella she thanked me and walked away, leaving the mess that was my luggage to clean up.