Security Question
 

Planning on doing to Non-rev flying this weekend. Since ill be out of uniform do i still need to pack up my liquids in little containers and in a plastic baggy? I'll have my Crew ID with me ...cant seem to remember

thanks

Yeah, just do it for good measure and less hassle at the security line.

I think so. I would just do it to avoid the frustration.

Of course you could simply wear your uniform... it tends to reduce a lot of the non-rev hassles...

I ALWAYS wear my uniform non-revving. Number one you are treated like a human (sometimes) by ground staff and hack a better chance at getting that first-class upgrade.

Number two and probably most important is you stick it to the man (the man being TSA) and all their crapola and bring your damn toothpaste!

Many airports will allow pilots in civvies to bring their gels...but unfortunately not all of them. In my experience DFW = No, SLC = Yes. I stopped trying after DFW.

Actually Rome, Naples, and Catania also let me keep my stuff :rolleyes:

There does not appear to be a set national policy (or if there is it's not followed). I think it is based on how much the local supervisor hates pilots.

I'll second that. It seems like most of the places I have been to said you have to be in uniform. To tell you the truth for me it least it seems like the smaller the airport the stricter the TSA is. Guess just more time on their hands. Long story short just wear your uniform through security, then find the first bathroom afterwards to ditch out of it.

Sometimes I put my uniform on and carry a tube of Crest back and forth through security just to antagonize the TSA...

If you really want to antagonize them, put a turkey sandwich in a blender and carry it through... :p

Gotta make sure it has a lot of mayonaise though ;)

Oh my god, dude, that is NASTY!

Whenever I go through TSA screening, I quietly laugh and reflect about the SNL skit on the TSA......."turkey sandwich, etc". :rolleyes: Most TSA screeners couldn't get a job at the local Dollar Store if they tried. Leave it to good ole Uncle Sam to hire them to protect us.

I find it ironic that we have to go through TSA screening so they can look for (and confiscape) toenails clippers and such in our bags, yet we are in charge of a multi-million dollar aircraft with pax who entrust us with there lives and safe arrival?!?!?!?

The TSA has surpassed the US Post Office as the brunt of jokes!;)