Posted on 11/19/2010 10:46:03 AM PST by La Lydia
Just a few days before the busy holiday travel period, the Transportation Security Administration has decided to change the rules of flying - again. At the beginning of this month, the agency began enforcing its name-matching requirements for airline tickets. Passengers must now provide their full names as they appear on a government-issued ID, their date of birth and their gender when they book a flight. After a terrorism scare involving explosive devices shipped by cargo, the government banned printer cartridges from luggage. And the TSA started implementing several new screening measures, including an enhanced "pat-down" protocol for air travelers who opt out of a full-body scan.
The agency appears to be phasing in these new procedures unevenly, leading to frequent confrontations with air travelers. At some airports, passengers are being randomly asked to go through the scanners, while at others, they must all be screened by the machines or by hand. At one airport last week, passengers were both scanned and frisked....
Perhaps the TSA's timing could have been better. Coming just a few weeks before the busiest travel season of the year may have put undue pressure on travelers, not to mention its own officers.
I also think that the TSA has been spending too much time around airlines, which generally prefer imposing punitive fees to offering incentives. Rather than punishing passengers for refusing to be scanned, the agency should be rewarding them for being scanned by offering a faster track through the security line. If travelers thought that they could get through a checkpoint more quickly, they might fall all over themselves to get scanned.
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You miss the overall point, which is to cow the populace into submission. Only when we are passive sheep can the real totalitarianism begin!
After every failed bombing attempt, the TSA closes the barn door.
How about they act professionally and ANTICIPATE instead of reacting.
Shoe Bomb - remove shoes
Liquid Bomb - ban shampoo
Crotch Bomb - view crotches
Ink Cartridge Bomb - ban computer accessories
Cant wait for their reaction to the sure-to-be-next Butt Bomb (yeah in that cavity) - you know its too obvious to ignore
hand out free ice cream cones to those who peaceably and expeditiously board the train to the work camp.
in my home state of Wisconsin , all you have to say is FREE and everyone will show up , label it Free scans and they will falling over themselves to get in the line.
“Cant wait for their reaction to the sure-to-be-next Butt Bomb “
Oh. I thought you meant the chili & cabbgage I ate before the flight.
Hey TSA! Grope this! Brrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaapppppppp!
Item: Employee who works at a site BEYOND security, arrives at work, swipes ID card and is at work...no security check, full access to aircraft in some instances.
Is this a “barn door” off its hinges?
Or is it the brillance of John Pistole and Janet who reasons that since they don't fly out on the planes it's unnecessary for them to go through security, soooo, no reason to check on what someone may be bringing to work?
Just askin
Shaaa Zaaam! Someone who gets it.
TSA is not happy. The sheep were supposed to line up and not say a word. A few sheep have turned into goats are are complaining and refusing to submit. I’m enjoying watching all this - a fascist regime with the power to eliminate opponents, and ordinary citizens refusing to bend over and ask for another one.
Hey TSA! Grope this! Brrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaapppppppp!
Ding...Ding...Ding!
We have a winner!
"Rather than punishing passengers for refusing to be scanned, the agency should be rewarding them for being scanned by offering a faster track through the security line.
This reminds me of how I trained by long-haired dog to like being vacuumed. At first, he wouldn't let me come near him with the vacuum because he was afraid of it. So I gave him a treat and brushed him with the motor off. He was so happy to get the treat he forgot he was afraid of the machine. Then I turned it on low and gave him a treat while I brushed him. He wolfed down the hotdog pieces fogetting that he once disliked the vacuum. Gradually I raised the power giving him treats each time.
Now when I call him to get vacuum brushed, he runs right over and coorperates like a good boy.
and he no longer gets treats, just praise.
I have tried that with my Yorkie, but the vacuum cleaner remains her mortal enemy. It doesn’t even have to be turned on. The shop vac in the garage is waiting to ambush her. Mops, brooms and the large umbrella in the hall are also her enemies. My hair dryer and the Pedi-Paws contraption are dangerous and life-threatening, apparently. The guys who do our yard are evil and are trying to kidnap her, as are all the other service people — plumbers, electricians, etc. who occasionally visit. It is a scary world.
What did one skunk say to the other when he saw a TSA agent coming towards them?
Let us bow our heads and SPRAY.
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