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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 188064)

One time I was jumping on a company that used carbon-copy JS passes...I had a few blanks in my flight bag so when TSA stopped me, I whipped one out, filled in the date, flight, and my name right in front of them and THEN they let me through :rolleyes:

I have done the same thing, except mine was blank and they still let me through....jeez....idiots rule

Had a problem at MSY a few years ago as a Mesa guy. Got the, "Mesa, they don't fly here" when in fact we did as a US Airways codeshare. Got a Sup involved and all was well. Haven't had a problem yet as a Brown pilot, since I don't actually 'fly' out of any pax terminal any longer.

This policy was supposed to have gone away a few months back. Some airports were nazis about it, others never enforced it.

TSA = Too Stupid for Arby's

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Originally Posted by UnlimitedAkro (Post 188051)

Agreed.

If you had asked to speak to the supervisor you probably would have been allowed to go to the gate. If there was some weird reason you were not allowed to the gate... the supervisor would let you know and you could avoid it in the future.

That's not true. I've found the supervisors to be even bigger buerocrat asses who will never admit that they or their minions are wrong. They will argue with you, sans logic, until they get sick of you and then they begin making threats.

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Originally Posted by John Pennekamp (Post 188277)

At which point, you politely obtain their employee number and name (or get it off their name badge), quietly excuse yourself and file a written complaint later.

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Originally Posted by dundem (Post 187984)

I'm looking for advice on how to deal with this situation in the future- I was denied entry into the terminal area by a TSA agent because my company does not leave from the terminal of the airline that I was trying to jump-seat on; she insisted that I go to the check-in counter and get a boarding pass for the flight...Does TSA have the right to do this?
I didn't realize that they could as I was in uniform and displaying a valid ID from a US air carrier.

Actually and unfortunately I think they are correct, I saw a memo about this a few months ago. However at majority of the airports they still let all the pilots through, whether their airline flies in there or not - usually it's a brand new TSA agent who just finished his/her training or a supervisor who hates pilots that follows this stupid rule. Can’t remember if this was the union or the company that sent out the memo, I’ll try to dig it up. Basically the memo said that if your particular airline was not a "customer" at that particular airport, you had to get a pre-boarding pass like all the passengers.

AV8OR- Thanks in advance if you can find that memo.

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Originally Posted by saab2000 (Post 188212)

TSA = Too Stupid for Arby's

That's really quite insulting...to Arby's! :p

TSA - Terrorists Still Allowed