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10-31-2010 | 07:50 PM

#51331

80ktsClamp

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

Well, I guess you do not arrive at the airport before the checkpoint opens. I see those guys going though and getting their stuff screened all of the time. It is not every time, just the first time at the start of a shift.

Been there, done that plenty of times.

10-31-2010 | 08:10 PM

#51332

flyallnite

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From: Stay THIRSTY, my friends!

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

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?

10-31-2010 | 08:57 PM

#51333

Carl Spackler

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From: 747-400 Captain

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Originally Posted by flyallnite

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

Felt Up, Pay Me.

Carl

11-01-2010 | 02:50 AM

#51334

Jughead

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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.

11-01-2010 | 03:15 AM

#51335

FrankCobretti

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From: Top

That was just The Man keeping you down.

11-01-2010 | 03:37 AM

#51336

DeadHead

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid

TSA Worker Arrested After Jokes, Fight About Size of Genitalia - FoxNews.com

A TSA worker in Miami was arrested when he "lost his mind" and attacked a colleague who repeatedly made fun of his small penis after the security screener walked through a high-tech scanner that showed his genitalia, according to Miami-Dade police.

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.

11-01-2010 | 03:49 AM

#51337

scambo1

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From: 777B

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot

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.

11-01-2010 | 05:03 AM

#51338

ilinipilot

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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.

11-01-2010 | 05:09 AM

#51339

Sink r8

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Originally Posted by Jughead

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.

11-01-2010 | 05:51 AM

#51340

Splash

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From: Boeing Boss

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Originally Posted by Scoop

Splash,

I don't understand your logic, Are you, or are you not an airline pilot and a legitimate airline employee? If you are, why are they groping you? Maybe you have a weapon in your shorts?

I am.

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

I do! I enjoy polishing it on layovers.

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Originally Posted by Scoop

Newsflash to the TSA - There is a friggin axe in every cockpit!!! Either You can verify who I am via my ID or it just does not matter!!!!

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.

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Originally Posted by Scoop

Bottom line - If our IDs can not prove who we are then we are just pretending to be secure.

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.