TSA non-random selection

strangebird said:
In Atlanta I seem to get patted down about 8 out 10 times, for some reason the screen on the nude a scope says I have something on my leg, my arm, or my chest, none of these areas have anything there, either they are getting a lot of false positives, or just playing games and someone is pushing buttons from a place we do not see, it only happens in Atlanta no where else, maybe it is my bored I hate all of you TSA shirts and this is a waste of time attitude on my face as I move through the line at 6:00 AM.
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Atlanta has the most screwed up checkpoints at any airport I've been through. But last time I was there, they didn't have body scanners on the outermost lanes.
 
N801BH said:
And the TSA should be REQUIRED to release the tape...
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I'm sure they're holding them for reasons of national security and a high regard of the taxpayer who's paying the interest on the loans to keep them operational, and the highest possible sense of service and civic duty.

(Hope your sarcasm detector isn't broken...) ;)
 
Unluckily random I'm thinking. Once they scan your boarding pass, it's completely random what order you actually go through the scanner. I could have my BP scanned and then let 3 people go in front of me or (more likely) jump ahead of 3 people because they take 40 forevers emptying their pockets. The only time they see your name or systematically 'flag' you is when they scan your BP.

Since they can't systematically flag you after you're past the BP scanning piece, it HAS to be random, since profiling isn't allowed, right?
 
Lindberg said:
I have had TSA pre-check for a awhile now, but whenever I go through, I'm always selected for additional screening, which consists of having my hands swabbed for the trace detector. It happens at least 9 out of 10 times I fly. I walk through the metal detector, and then after I've cleared it, there's a beep and I'm told I've been "randomly" selected. It is 100% predictable. Today, I didn't hear the beep (if there was one) but a TSO pulled me aside as I was grabbing my carry-on off the conveyor.

There's no reason I should be on anyone's list. I had no trouble with the pre-check approval, and I've never had a problem with a background check. It's really just a minor inconvenience, and slightly comical when the TSO tells me I was randomly selected and I correct him/her. But I'm wondering if anyone else has had this experience or knows how/why it is happening.
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Are you involved in farming and/or handle fertilizer? Some airports have nitrate sniffers in the walk through as well, and if you have fertilizer dust on you or your clothes, you'll set them off. I finished fertilizing a field once and had to go straight to the airport, I lit that sucker off so hard 5 guys came running.:lol:
 
Lindberg said:
I'm hot enough that this is believable, but I usually only get a hand swab, no cupping.
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When I get a pat down with cupping I say "oooo, yeah, mmmmm", kinda freaks em out and they don't know how to react.:lol: My favorite guy was the dude who took Viagra and went through in sweat pants demanding a pat down.:rofl:
 
My wife has a rebuilt ankle and a fake hip. She gets extra love on every flight. Since she's not prude, and doesn't want to waste time, she gets the grope in the stripper-shower-enclosure instead of the private room. Roughly 10 times out of 5, I will be whistling and folding dollar bills down the middle as that is going on.
 
P.S.: If you haven't already figured it out, I married "up". WAYYYY UP!!!
 
Henning said:
Are you involved in farming and/or handle fertilizer? Some airports have nitrate sniffers in the walk through as well, and if you have fertilizer dust on you or your clothes, you'll set them off. I finished fertilizing a field once and had to go straight to the airport, I lit that sucker off so hard 5 guys came running.:lol:
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In the past my bags always got tagged. TSA said the sniffer probably picked up the residual fuel/oil from setting my bags on the GA ramp. No idea if that was true or BS.
 
CJones said:
Unluckily random I'm thinking. Once they scan your boarding pass, it's completely random what order you actually go through the scanner. I could have my BP scanned and then let 3 people go in front of me or (more likely) jump ahead of 3 people because they take 40 forevers emptying their pockets. The only time they see your name or systematically 'flag' you is when they scan your BP.

Since they can't systematically flag you after you're past the BP scanning piece, it HAS to be random, since profiling isn't allowed, right?
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They scan the boarding pass at the id check, and it runs through the computers. No reason why it couldn't pull up and display the same, or more, information for the eye in the sky. And then it works be nothing for the guy watching the monitors to push a button when the right person gets to the metal detector.

I've thought about it being some trace detection, but it'd have to be something like detergent. I don't currently engage in amy activities likely to result in false positives.
 
He got a real purdy mouth, ain't he.
 
Lindberg said:
They scan the boarding pass at the id check, and it runs through the computers. No reason why it couldn't pull up and display the same, or more, information for the eye in the sky. And then it works be nothing for the guy watching the monitors to push a button when the right person gets to the metal detector.
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Definitely plausible. I did get stopped for 'random extra security check' the first 3 times I went through with PreCheck. Haven't had any extra attention since then... Maybe I was 'flagged' as a newbie.
 
CJones said:
Definitely plausible. I did get stopped for 'random extra security check' the first 3 times I went through with PreCheck. Haven't had any extra attention since then... Maybe I was 'flagged' as a newbie.
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My understanding from a gal friend who is a TSA agent is unless you have a marked boarding pass (it's printed on it, you can see it, I get it every time I fly last minute using cash), the getting extra security check is totally random and at the discretion of the agent. They have X% they need to do. Doubt if she was lying. This was before precheck though, so things may be different with that.
 
If it is random selection quota filling I'm guessing the op is friendly looking and non smelly. If you have to pick people for extra scrutiny in a theatre job might as well go with clean and easy.
 
ClimbnSink said:
If it is random selection quota filling I'm guessing the op is friendly looking and non smelly. If you have to pick people for extra scrutiny in a theatre job might as well go with clean and easy.
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I date gals like that.....;):D
 
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