Screw TSA This Sucks

[siucavflight]

Wow, you ASA guys really are getting mad with this one- The other airline that I worked at, we had to do this BEFORE 9/11, and if you were caught NOT going thru security, you were fired, no questions asked. It happened to a buddy of mine- a guy that was a GREAT employee, but was running late one day. The TSA found about it, they dumped the airplane when it got to it's destination. My buddy was fired on the spot, and had to buy a ticket home.


Get with the program nancy boys, quit getting your panties in a bunch over such a trivial step.

You can still use the crew line at the checkpoint.

Um, did anyone else catch this? TSA did not exist prior to Sep 11th.
You made this whole story up!

 

[belchfire]

DAL has stopped overriding the SSSSS's on boarding passes for tickets purchased for deadhead travel of uniformed crewmembers that are not DAL employees...

I guess there are other airlines to travel on! Bye bye, guess you don't need my revenue!

 

[79%N1]

So, does this mean no more using the cheese graters in ATL if you don't take the bus?

 

[skipper1]

Hey I have a good idea!!! Why doesn't TSA set up a booth in all employee lots and screen every employee before they get inside their own vehicle just to make sure there is no threat!!! Heck... I'd even strip to my boxers for that comfort!!!

What a joke...


Fly safe!

 

[propsarebest]

Actually, it was YOUR airline... QX. I worked there almost 5 years...

and yes, i was after 9/11 that this guy got fired.

And yes, I do spend alot of time in airports, almost every four days...

You spend a lot of time going through airports, dispatcher?

Did that buddy of your have any protection from management, like say a union?

You are aware, I hope, that not all airports have crew lines.

Seems to me if we were screened enough to make it onto a flightdeck and operate flights all day, we've been proven to NOT be terrorist threat and maybe ought to be given a "pass" on screening for the day.

Sheesh.

 

[Avi8tor2000]

Just go get your FFDO and tell them to eat sh!t when they come calling for you.

 

[bacardi]

Just comply, and waste as much time at the checkpoint as possible. Don't take anything off. Fumble with your cellphone. Make them search you and wand you. The more we jam up the checkpoints, the faster this stupid rule will be changed!

It's time we pilots grow a set, and practice a little CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE at the checkpoint!!!!

GREAT IDEA

 

[HoserASA]

At ASA all employees (including pilots) ride the bus from employee parking to the concourse, bypassing security. They then work the gates, ramp, mtc, fly the planes, etc. So, are we (pilots) supposed to go thru security at Hartsfeild-Jackson before reporting for duty? Should be fun to find the longest line.

Hoser

 

[skychicken]

so does this mean we need a boarding pass to make it through the security checkpoint when we get to the airport initially to commute to work??

 

[DiverDriver]

I think it does.

 

[skystud25]

happened to me yesterday. Coming out of Pensacola to Denver through Atlanta, went through security at PNS, no stamp because they weren't doing it yet, and sent out to the terminal in ATL to get a new boarding pass and a stamp before continuing. The AirTran guy in front of me was going off on the poor agent, just got off a trip and trying to jumpseat home, now he has to go out to the check-in counter and wade through the mass of humanity to get through security. The usual fire/aim mentality of TSA, but let's face it, they could care less about commuting crew members.

 

[ReverseSensing]

Actually, it was YOUR airline... QX. I worked there almost 5 years...

and yes, i was after 9/11 that this guy got fired.

And yes, I do spend alot of time in airports, almost every four days...

I seriously doubt the veracity of your story. I'm accustomed to dispatchers living in a vivid fantasy world, though, so it's not entirely your fault.

 

[rightseatjocky]

Just comply, and waste as much time at the checkpoint as possible. Don't take anything off. Fumble with your cellphone. Make them search you and wand you. The more we jam up the checkpoints, the faster this stupid rule will be changed!

It's time we pilots grow a set, and practice a little CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE at the checkpoint!!!!

AMEN BROTHA. Those TSA jerk offs will know that I will not answer any questions. I go through security, when they say hello, I don't answer. I think they are testing for alcohol. I will go through and make them wand me every single time and make them delay a flight. Every time, I will write them up with names and badge numbers. It will come to an end.

 

[AWACO]

AMEN BROTHA. Those TSA jerk offs will know that I will not answer any questions. I go through security, when they say hello, I don't answer. I think they are testing for alcohol. I will go through and make them wand me every single time and make them delay a flight. Every time, I will write them up with names and badge numbers. It will come to an end.

So your going to write them up with names and badge number for what? Doing their jobs? Ya its a stupid rule but what are you going to accomplish?

 

[XJohXJ]

I think his point was more along the lines of:

Airlines do not care at all if this sucks for crews. However, if TSA procedures lead to actuall flight delays (or flight cx when a required crewmember misses a DH), and if the crewmembers effected can (unemotionally) document these delays, then airlines will start to care and apply pressure to remedy the situation.

Airlines don't give a flying rats @ss how much this sucks until it starts to cost them money.