Yet another TSA screener arrested...

Maxmosbey said:
Yet another drunk pilot arrested trying to board an airliner bound from Amsterdam to Newark.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/drunk-...it-airline-captain-planning/story?id=11637035
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The AP reported that a breath test found he had a blood alcohol content of 0.023 percent - a hair above the legal limit in the Netherlands.
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but
Delta pilot policy specifically tells pilots not to report for duty with the presence of any amount of alcohol in their system.
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So he was under the limit prescribed in 91.17(a)(4), but may have been violating other aspects of 91.17 and was clearly in violation of Delta's rules. Not sure I'd go so far as to call him "drunk", however. "Impaired" would seem to be more accurate.
 
The TSA screener didn't see her on his "my fly no" list.
 
So, what precisely is the TSA/DHS authority level while they're wandering the streets?
Are they truly the gustappo or can they be treated like store security keystone cops run amok outside their place of employment?

Just wondering because I have yet to see or hear anything specific from a credible source that says you have to behave as if you're being pulled over by the highway patrol or FBI or the Podunk Police. As it stands, I'll just keep minding my own business and won't stop or give them the time of day. They will have to call in a recognized law enforcement type before I'll start cooperating.
 
fgcason said:
So, what precisely is the TSA/DHS authority level while they're wandering the streets?
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The uniformed TSA personell have exactly the same level of law enforcement authority on the street as they do in the airport, whether off duty or on: NONE

fgcason said:
Are they truly the gustappo or can they be treated like store security keystone cops run amok outside their place of employment?

Just wondering because I have yet to see or hear anything specific from a credible source that says you have to behave as if you're being pulled over by the highway patrol or FBI or the Podunk Police. As it stands, I'll just keep minding my own business and won't stop or give them the time of day. They will have to call in a recognized law enforcement type before I'll start cooperating.
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Outside or inside, they can only call over the nearby real police.

Giving these maroon badges was one of the first of the long line of charades.

Your average store security guard can make a citizen's arrest. The TSA goons don't even do that.
 
TSA Screeners have no arrest authority what so ever. Even at the airport all they can do is deny your boarding and hold until local or federal authority shows up.
 
They also have no legal right to detain you from leaving, if you decide not to travel or put up with their BS, but they've done it numerous times.
 
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