Freight Dog
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I had the same problem in SAN when jumpseating on Delta instead I was actually pulled out of the line at a ticket counter by a Delta CSA and told that as a jumpseater I can just show my set of ID's at the security and don't need a jumpseat form to get thru.
Well, I got there, and the TSA Nazis got all over me for not having a ticket. I showed them the ID to no avail. They sent me back to the counter. Now the Delta CSA was irritated with me why was I back? I told her TSA Nazis turned me back to get a jumpseat slip. This CSA was persistent with me... you don't need a slip, just go. I say, ma'am, I was just told by the TSA that I need a slip to get through security or else I'll miss my flight. Now this CSA gets lippy with me: "If you don't lose the attitude, you're not going anywhere." I was gonna get her name and employee number and talk to her supervisor because i was nothing but pleasant with her, but figured I just wanted to get on outta there.. Now, between the TSA nonsense, and this hag... it was a start of an interesting trip.
I got through...
Now in ATL later that day, catching an ASA flight, the TSA randomly pulls me at the gate for additional screening. I'm like.. WTFO? I thought they stopped random searches of airline employees at least. The guy didn't give a rat's... now I'm thinking OK, so if I argue with this guy whether I am exempt from random searches, I could be labeled as a "security risk" and there goes my livelihood...
So now a few days later, I go to LAS. On the way out, I show my ID's at the security and go right through. Now I'm back in SAN catching a flight back to HNL on Hawaiian, and I go right through security at a different checkpoint with just my ID.
Do these guys make up rules as they go? Whatever happened to checks-and-balances when it comes to TSA?
I used to commute, but man... I couldn't deal with this clusterf... on a regular basis.
Well, I got there, and the TSA Nazis got all over me for not having a ticket. I showed them the ID to no avail. They sent me back to the counter. Now the Delta CSA was irritated with me why was I back? I told her TSA Nazis turned me back to get a jumpseat slip. This CSA was persistent with me... you don't need a slip, just go. I say, ma'am, I was just told by the TSA that I need a slip to get through security or else I'll miss my flight. Now this CSA gets lippy with me: "If you don't lose the attitude, you're not going anywhere." I was gonna get her name and employee number and talk to her supervisor because i was nothing but pleasant with her, but figured I just wanted to get on outta there.. Now, between the TSA nonsense, and this hag... it was a start of an interesting trip.
I got through...
Now in ATL later that day, catching an ASA flight, the TSA randomly pulls me at the gate for additional screening. I'm like.. WTFO? I thought they stopped random searches of airline employees at least. The guy didn't give a rat's... now I'm thinking OK, so if I argue with this guy whether I am exempt from random searches, I could be labeled as a "security risk" and there goes my livelihood...
So now a few days later, I go to LAS. On the way out, I show my ID's at the security and go right through. Now I'm back in SAN catching a flight back to HNL on Hawaiian, and I go right through security at a different checkpoint with just my ID.
Do these guys make up rules as they go? Whatever happened to checks-and-balances when it comes to TSA?
I used to commute, but man... I couldn't deal with this clusterf... on a regular basis.