Been there, done that plenty of times.

I've waited on the tsa to open checkpoint plenty of times. Seen more shift changes than I care to recount. Never seen it. I see them ride the same bus, and bypass security en masse. I know there are checks for them. And planted informants. This is not about them. It's about us. We are being used as a political P.R. trophy with the full blessing of OUR union. Let me know when you see a screener having a public breast exam and I'll place bets on the outcome of the lawsuit. The system is broken, the terrorists have won, now who gets paid and who gets felt up?

I suggest we start a class action lawsuit entitled: "FUPM"

Felt Up, Pay Me. :D

Carl

I spent 30 minutes with a nice response to our new radiation vs molestation security procedures, but when I posted it, it said I was no longer online. Now it's gone - into cyberspace forever, drifting cold and lonely.

It was pretty funny. And well-written. Sorry y'all missed it.

That was just The Man keeping you down.

That is beyond pathetic considering the importance of their job. It wouldn't be fair to lump all TSA workers into one group, but this lack of professionalism is disgusting, and now we are to subject ourselves to more intense pat downs procedures from sophomoric brats like this.

TSA aside, this is what angers me about Government Jobs more than anything else. In any other company this type of behavior wouldn't be tolerated, and a company that allows this type of behavior would undoubtedly find themselves in a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Now who the hell is going to fit the bill for this TSA agents multi-million dollar sexual harassment lawsuit that he may have a good chance of winning???

I don't care about paying taxes, but I'm disgusted by the ways we waste it in this country.

I see them with their backpacks, lunch coolers, coats hung over their arms - go thru the metal detector, set it off and continue on their merry way - at the start of a shift because I just rode in on the bus with them.

As Carl said, it might be location dependant.

two questions and strategies. 1. if they decide they want to pat you down, cant you request to be screened in private? I would say request this, and 2. I will also request a supervisor to watch over it to make sure everything is legit.
If they have to take two people off the floor, every time someone requests a private pat down, maybe they will change their ways, or hopefully come up with another procedure.

I'm laughing just thinking about it.

I've had several earth-shattering, world-changing, hugely illuminating "masterpiece" posts thus disappear, thereby depriving the internet of my wisdom. I'm pretty sure we would have avoided bankrupcty, if only all posts had made it through.

Cruel, cruel cyberspace.

I am.

Probably because they're attracted by my serenity while going through screening.

I do! I enjoy polishing it on layovers.

Pilots with valid IDs have tried to carry guns trough screening. Pilots with valid IDs and credentials have left their authorized guns in public areas, INSIDE screening. I think those lapses in professionalism and attention to security have helped make us more suspect than we think we should be.

I don't understand that reasoning, but I understand your frustration. None of the public transgressions have been my fault, yet I'm an occasional gropee.

Since I'm in charge of my mood and my attitude, I refuse to let a $8-an-hour Blue Shirt change it.