TSA backtracks on proposal for post-flight screening

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Idiots.

I just recently got my TSA precheck and it didn't print on my parking pass, I inquired why and was told 10% of TSA precheck doesn't get that "right", which means that 10% of time I will have to do the dog and pony show with shoes and belts. Idiots.
 
So using TSA's logic a 80,000 lb RJ couldn't penetrate buildings. Righttttttttttt! :rolleyes:
 
So, TSA's position is that small planes are not a threat.
 
Getonit said:
Idiots.

I just recently got my TSA precheck and it didn't print on my parking pass, I inquired why and was told 10% of TSA precheck doesn't get that "right", which means that 10% of time I will have to do the dog and pony show with shoes and belts. Idiots.
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Did you have your KTN listed when you booked? If not, and it's not sent when the reservation is made, you won't get pre-check. Adding a KTN later doesn't do squat. Next ticket will have it if you have it registered with your booking profiles. Every airline plus a number of travel agencies keep my numbers on file for that reason.
 
It's all kabuki theatre. Only the truly deluded think this makes the system safer.
 
Pre-9/11, smaller airlines at smaller airports did not have to do screening. I do not remember what the cutoff point was, but the aircraft were pretty small IIRC. Those people caused us headaches at the bigger hubs, because they could not be brought into the sterile concourses and had to be taken somehow into the pre-screening parts of the terminal, where to travel further, they would undergo the usual screening.

We had the same deal with single-entity charters, such as sports teams, which did not require screening. We couldn't let them into the concourse unescorted.
 
GRG55 said:
It's all kabuki theatre. Only the truly deluded think this makes the system safer.
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Of course it makes it "safer". That doesn't mean it makes it "safe", which by definition would mean perfectly safe. But, to say it doesn't make it safeER, would be grossly incorrect.
 
Kritchlow said:
Of course it makes it "safer". That doesn't mean it makes it "safe", which by definition would mean perfectly safe. But, to say it doesn't make it safeER, would be grossly incorrect.
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Saying it makes it marginally safe-er at way too high a price tag, would also be correct.

I saw DIA threatening to go private in the news a week or two ago. They're apparently tired of TSA being unable to read a flight schedule and schedule staff appropriately. But I suspect it's mostly saber-rattling.
 
This is a board full of pilots, no?
Then put on a white shirt, epaulets, tie and big aviator sunglasses and walk right through the TSA fast lane. You have a very high chance of getting through with no questions asked. If you want to talk to somebody who does it on regular basis, I can give you his phone number. :)
No, it is NOT me, I don't have the ballz. :D Though what could TSA bust one for? "Impersonating a pilot"? But one is already a pilot.
Anyway, try it. Go TSA! ;)
 
I've had one miss with pre-check so far(KTN is from Global Entry) when I screwed up a reservation trying to use another airlines frequent flyer number. But so far it's been consistent except that time.
 
I always make sure my KTN is on my reservation. I've never had a problem with it showing on the boarding pass. What we haven't figured out is why my wife (who has never gone through the prechek process) sometimes gets it on her boarding pass (even without flying with me).
 
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