Originally Posted by
aero550
I'm 91 and I don't even try. I just try to follow the normal protocol with the rest of the cattle.
I took one flight to get our airplane out of maintenance one time and we were short notice, one way - that almost always triggers a wanding and luggage search. When the TSA guy saw my crew tag on my briefcase, he apologized profusely and said he was just doing his job and he'll get me through as quickly as possible. I said don't worry about it, I'm not in a hurry. He was actually pretty cool. If they would just all be that way, they wouldn't get such a bad reputation.
That's a lot better treatment than I got in PWM. Apparently their Xrays are a lil' more sensitive than every other airport in all of friggin' America because I set it off. So naturally, in full uniform and in front of about a hundred pax I got felt up, wanded, and damn near strip searched. The whole thing took almost 15 minutes. When I go through there again, I'm going in boxers and a t-shirt that says "I <3 Jihad". Go big or go home, that's my motto
