XJT Pilot Stands Up to TSA
11-08-2010, 11:22 AM
#182
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Originally Posted by dba74
I find it very hard to believe that an opposite-sex agent performed these pat-downs.
11-08-2010, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy
One morning I was going through security with my crew just as the machines were starting to be installed and the flight attendant asked what the machine was. I began explaining what it was and the hazards to users both physically as well as to our rights and privacy. I was speaking in a normal tone, possibly elevated (these things really set me off) while we waited for our bags to come through the x-ray. One of the TSA goons approached me and told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to "Tone it down. This is not the place for this discussion". Obviously, not an outward threat of discipline but they are sensitive to what people say in the line.
You weren't discussing SSI, you weren't talking or acting in a way that could possibly be construed as suspicious so that kid had no authority to tell you to stop discussing naked body scanners. Try explaining that to him using anything more than 5 letter words and you'd probably get a dumbfounded stare.
11-08-2010, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by detpilot
Maybe we need to get people standing outside the terminal, handing out flyers to inform passengers of their right to opt out.
11-09-2010, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by IrishTiger
That's what I'm saying!!! We need to get all of our unions involved to say the same thing the the AA pilots union did. We need to get all pilots on the same page, and then start helping passengers realize their rights too.
11-09-2010, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by detpilot
Maybe we need to get people standing outside the terminal, handing out flyers to inform passengers of their right to opt out.
11-09-2010, 02:48 PM
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I will not go through one of these and I will not let my family go through them either. And If those jokes of malls cops grab my junk it sounds like a good way to file a sexual assault lawsuit.
11-10-2010, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by CaptKrunch
I will not go through one of these and I will not let my family go through them either. And If those jokes of malls cops grab my junk it sounds like a good way to file a sexual assault lawsuit.
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