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Ok, this is in honor of pilotpayne: what are you best TSA-related stories? A while back there was a thread about the handyman tools and matches and stuff, but let's hear your absolute WORST TSA story. Here's pilotpayne's:

pilotpayne said:
Here is a god one for you. We get to atlanta and head in for lunch, thanks to a 3 hour sit. The f/a stays on to read or something. I come back and the door is closed and no f/a. The captain comes back and says the tsa is giving our airline a fine for leaving the airplane door open and that means the airplane was not secured. The f/a went in after us to grab some food and didn't close the door. I couldn't belive it the tsa guy said our airplane was not secure even though it's on a secure ramp thanks to the tsa. He also said it was because we left our door open. I guess the people who want to blow up our planes can't read because the directions to open the door are right there on it. I HATE THE TSA.
 
Our maint. guys got their hands slapped several months ago. The door on the RAMP side (inside the secure fence) is always unlocked during normal business hours. This door is next to the hangar doors. I guess they are all in the break room when some plain-clothes woman comes walking in asking for "the boss." She had been walking on the ramp and tried the unlocked door, opened it, entered onto the hangar floor (no body was in there, they were in the break room), then proceeded to look for someone to ask about the door being unlocked. Well, the longer it took for her to find where everybody was, the more upset she got so by the time she found the maint. crew, she blew her lid. She then came storming down to our main ops building demanding to see who ever was in charge. No one in charge was around, CP on a trip, President on a trip and the VP was on vacation.
Needless to say, she raised a giant stink, even went to far to call the VP in from his vacation day.
What an incredible waste of time and money to have her checking doors rampside during normal business hours.
 
When through security, had nothing metal on me but the thing beeped. I had all the time in the world so I just stuck my arms out for the wand. Right before the agent started with the wand he said, "Do you have any idea why you beeped?" In his, "I wish I were a really cop voice." I replied...."Ya it must be my balls of steel." He said he did not find that very funny. I said I find it funny as hell and I guess the other people in line feel as I do....
 

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