Denny Crane

M. S. and rumored T. C.

Denny

acl65pilot

Denny;
I thought that M.S. may not do it. Has he officially announced?

acl65pilot

Everything is a guideline until it is part of the PWA.......

Jughead

As you say, entertaining to watch. The guy is being a pain in the ass, but doing nothing illegal. The videotaping really sets these guys off.

"Am I under arrest?"

"no"

"Am I free to go?"

"no, you are being detained...we own you once you're inside security".

Hmmm...detained. But is that legal to detain someone for really no reason? Reason possibly because he was acting suspicious - asking generic questions, filming. How many people film and take pictures in airports all the time? Anybody not have a video recording device on their phone? As he points out, 3 TSA agents, 2 cops, a K9 bomb-sniffer, a behavior specialist, and a head security guy are pulled away from their stations dealing with this non-event for 30-45 minutes. They could better be using their time feeling up flight crews who opted out of their daily radiation allotment.

I also enjoyed watching the linked videos of the TSA bypassing security, rubbing down a crying, hysterical 3 year old girl, and making a 71 year old in a wheelchair take off his pants in public to show his fake knee. Good stuff.

1234

I only watched the first one, but this guy is a pain in the ass. While he is not doing anything illegal with the videotaping, it heightens the awareness of the TSA. And it should. I would hope that anyone that is observed videotaping, photographing or taking notes on our security procedures would get some good questioning from TSA and law enforcement. Imagine the headlines if we turn a blind eye to the documentation of security procedures and then we have another terrorist attack which was allowed because security was circumvented using those tapings.

This guy probably asked each crew if they have their laptops stowed, or if they are sober, etc.

chuck416

Entertaining, it is NOT! Disturbing? Absolutely. I think this young man has a point (somewhere there in his "reporting".) I absolutely support the law enforcement community, so lemme' be clear on that. However, I think our legislature is completely out of control with the TSA, et al. How in the world what they do does not rise to "...unreasonable search and seizure...", I cannot fathom. I applaud this guy.
Chuck

chuck416

QUOTE=1234 I only watched the first one, but this guy is a pain in the ass.

P.I.T.A.? Yes, he really was all that. As it is (a P.I.T.A.) for us every single day we show up at our work station. As it is for every single one of our passengers when they want nothing more than to go from "A" to "B". In a reasonable manner. And yet they somehow still subject themselves to an unbelievably humiliating security screening. I shake my head in unbelief at how much we as a society have seemingly abandoned one of our fundamental constitutional rights.
Chuck

forgot to bid

TSA has announced some new procedures, they were in the onion:


1. Instead of broadcasting CNN on the televisions by the gates, passengers in waiting areas will be shown episodes of 24 to get their adrenaline going in case they need to knock down a terrorist.

2. Any carry-on luggage that cannot fit in standard basket by gate will have its contents announced over loudspeaker.

3. Newsstands are to begin selling copies of Modern Terrorist and reporting people who pick it up.

4. In accordance with President Obama’s demands for a modernized no-fly list, the 219-page catalog of names behind each ticketing desk will now be bound and alphabetized.

5. Using an ultrasonic frequency imperceptible to the conscious mind, the FAA will broadcast the audiobook of Marley And Me in an effort to subliminally warm would-be terrorists’ hearts.

6. Deputy air marshals will have power to surreptitiously look over top of newspaper, register disapproval.

7. Millimeter-wave scanners on board will inspect passengers and heat soup.

8. Shuttle bus drivers will be trained to expand their interrogation techniques beyond asking where passengers are going and if they have family there.

1234

Which constitutional right is being violated?

Jughead

The fourth one. Actually an amendment of the constitution. The whole unreasonable searches and seizure thing. But James Madison didn't envision an airport in the late 18th century, so I guess it's allowed there.