TSA exempts U.S. airline pilots from pat-downs and body scans

latimes ^ | November 20, 2010 | Brian Bennett

[JoeProBono]

After weeks of pressure from pilot unions over controversial new airport screening measures, the Transportation Security Administration agreed Friday to exempt pilots from enhanced pat-downs and full-body scans. Pilots flying for U.S. carriers and traveling in uniform will immediately start going through expedited screening after two forms of their identification are checked against a secure database, TSA Director John Pistole said in a statement.

Airline pilots had complained when the agency refused to exempt them from pat-downs, seen as too intrusive, and full-body scans, which union leaders said would put pilots at risk for increased exposure to radiation. "Allowing these uniformed pilots, whose identity has been verified, to go through expedited screening at the checkpoint just makes smart security and an efficient use of our resources,"

Pistole said. The changes do not affect policies for screening flight attendants or passengers.

[JoeProBono]

John Pistole Confirmed As New TSA Chief

[doc1019]

It is not like they have to carry a bomb, gun or box cutter on board. They have the ultimate killing device at their fingertips, literally.

[AndyJackson]

How dumb can you be. You give these guys an airplane and worry that they might have nailclippers or boxcutters?

Now that we have started down the path of reason, about those 80 year old grandmothers we are groping?

[Bean Counter]

[AndyJackson]

The changes do not affect policies for screening flight attendants or passengers.

You mean you f'in clueless twits have not verified the identities of flight attendants either?

The only good news is that he is an "ex" FBI agent. He probably couldn't find the bank robber if the guy showed up in front of him in a mask with a gun and a bag full of loot.

[achilles2000]

TSA folded because it is afraid of the pilots’ lawsuit. That is what is really behind this.

[greenhornet68]

Way to go, TSA. You figured out that we should trust the pilots.

[JoeProBono]

[HerrBlucher]

The pilots carry guns FCOL, and they are frisking them for boxcutters? LOL!

TSA stupidity is mind boggling.

[Clock King]

Divide and conquer. The are still doing it to the public and it is NOT going to stop a determined terrorist.

[AndyJackson]

Here is the guys bio: “John S. Pistole currently serves as Deputy Director of the F.B.I., a position he has held since October 2004. Previously, Mr. Pistole worked in the F.B.I’s Counterterrorism Division, beginning in 2002 as Deputy Assistant Director for Operations, then as Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, and later as Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence. Mr. Pistole began his career as a Special Agent with the F.B.I. in 1983. He served in the Minneapolis and New York Divisions before being promoted to a Supervisor in the Organized Crime Section at F.B.I. Headquarters. Mr. Pistole later served as a field supervisor of a White-Collar Crime and Civil Rights Squad in Indianapolis, Indiana, and then as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1999, Mr. Pistole helped lead the investigative and recovery efforts for the Egypt Air Flight 990 crash off the coast of Rhode Island. Following the espionage arrest of Robert Hanssen, Mr. Pistole helped lead the Information Security Working Group in 2001, addressing security and vulnerability issues. He was then named an Inspector in the F.B.I.’s Inspection Division. Mr. Pistole is a recipient of the 2005 Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive and, in 2007, the Department of Justice Edward H. Levy Award for Outstanding Professionalism and Exemplary Integrity. Prior to joining the F.B.I., Mr. Pistole practiced law for two years. He is a graduate of Anderson University and the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis.”

Now why would someone who was deputy director of the FBI agree to become head of groping for Homeland Security. How about because maybe the clueless pervert loving granny molesting guy was not actually up to his job as an FBI agent. He does look good in a suit, however.

[Brad’s Gramma]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/down-276383-security-one.html?pic=1

[onedoug]

Do you think our islamist enemy believes we´re winning, or that they are?

[doc1019]

Mayhap, but my original post will stand the scrutiny of reason.

[goodnesswins]

Flight attendants need to file a lawsuit also, altho, I do not know how hard it is to be a flight attendant....would someone try and infiltrate them?

[JoeProBono]

[doc1019]

Mayhap, but my original post will stand the scrutiny of reason.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

During his LGA visit John Pistole received TSA LGA polo shirt from Federal Security Director Marisa Maola.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks, Joe.