I don't know where you fly, but so far in Memphis, Helena, Great Falls, Denver, Las Vegas, NYC, New Jersey, Baltimore, Bangor, Portland, Green Bay and I can't recall where else I've gone through TSA since 9/11 I have only encountered polite and friendly security. Some are more reserved than others, but never have I been treated rudely.
Now granted, I approach such folks with a smile on my face because I was always taught by grandma that you get more flies with honey than vinegar. That rule has held true my entire life.
I honestly see a lot of entitled breeders who are likely the root of these complaints; some folks expect others to indulge their kids exactly as they do. Again, I've flown a fair amount in the U.S. post 9/11 and I've seen no issues with kids going through TSA except if their were behavior issues.
Much ado about nothing. TSA should worry about security and the breeders need to step up and worry about prepping their kids for the experience of pat down.
Travel by air, get felt up
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I suspect many of them are simply closet pedophiles getting their jollies!Scooter wrote:There have been far too many of these incidents involving small children not to conclude that TSA could do a far better job in the way they deal with kids. One thing I see all the time is that airport security staff maintain exactly the same stern, emotionless affect with children that they use with adults. It's unnecessary* and does not help to put children at ease when contronted by a stranger who wants to put his/her hands on him/her. Nor does screeching at the parents when the child gets upset do anything but escalate the situation.
*it's unnecessary for adults too, but for some reason they feel the need to pretend they are intimidating, but that's another conversation
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
Re: Travel by air, get felt up
I wouldn't go that far, but they clearly haven't been trained to understand that children are not just short adults, or that the uniform isn't a licence to act like a prison guard.
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
It's not? Takes all the fun out of cosplayScooter wrote:I wouldn't go that far, but they clearly haven't been trained to understand that children are not just short adults, or that the uniform isn't a licence to act like a prison guard.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/25 ... laint-1-3/
THESE TSA GOONS NEED A GOOD BEAT DOWN - IN PRISON!
Dina Frank, who is developmentally disabled, wound up on the TSA's radar at John F. Kennedy Airport
Four months after the Transportation Security Administration launched a program to help airline passengers with disabilities, a New York family found out just how little “TSA Cares.”
Traveling from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Florida, the Frank family was yanked out of line as it boarded the plane in a dispute over how 7-year-old Dina had been screened. The little girl, who has cerebral palsy, walks with crutches and leg braces.
“They make our lives completely difficult,” said her father, Dr. Joshua Frank, a Long Island pediatrician. “She’s not a threat to national security.”
Flying is always difficult for the family, but this week was particularly dreadful, Frank and his wife, Marcy, said.
With her crutches and orthotics, Dina cannot walk through metal detectors and instead is patted down by security agents. The girl, who is also developmentally disabled, is often frightened by the procedure, her father said.
Marcy Frank usually asks the agents to introduce themselves to her daughter, but those on duty on Monday were exceptionally aggressive, Joshua Frank said, and he began to videotape them with his iPhone.
“And the woman started screaming at me and cursing me and threatening me,” he said.
Eventually, a supervisor decided it was sufficient to inspect Dina’s crutches and allowed the family to leave for the gate.
They were there for an hour before the agents reappeared with a manager to tell them that proper protocol had not been followed, and that Dina had to be screened after all, the Franks said. After initially offering to pat her down at the gate, they insisted she return to the security area, Joshua Frank said.
“So then I got aggravated,” he said.
With Dina now in her wheelchair, Frank raced her across the JetBlue terminal, but by then, the family had missed its plane. The Franks caught a subsequent flight.
The TSA did not respond to a request for comment.
“They’re harassing people,” Joshua Frank said. “This is totally misguided policy. Yes, I understand that TSA is in charge of national security and there’s all these threats.”
But, he added, “For her to be singled out, it’s crazy.”
Marcy Frank said that the family was so proud of Dina being able to walk, something she recently accomplished with medical treatment.
“They still attack her like she’s Osama bin Laden,” she said. “It’s not fair.”
Joshua Frank isn’t hopeful about TSA Cares, a program launched in December that “strives to provide the highest level of security while ensuring that all passengers are treated with dignity and respect.”
“They need to be more sensitive,” he said. “They claim they try, but they’re not.”
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
Puhleeze!
Hyperbole much in that article?
'They attack her like she's Osama bin Laden.'
Give me a FUCKING break.
These folks are idiots, every bit as much a part of the problem.
Grow the fuck up, talk to your kid about the reality of a likely pat down procedure, since you are frequent fliers, and getoveritalready.
Hyperbole much in that article?
'They attack her like she's Osama bin Laden.'
Give me a FUCKING break.
These folks are idiots, every bit as much a part of the problem.
Grow the fuck up, talk to your kid about the reality of a likely pat down procedure, since you are frequent fliers, and getoveritalready.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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[quote="dales"]http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/25 ... laint-1-3/
[quote]
This is the kind of thing Gob does all the time with re: to British social services. Here it is the U.S. Find some lurid particular story just to wind people up and turn their brains off. In a country of 315 million people there will be a few examples of idiocy every day. That tells us exactly nothing about how the whole is functioning.
The purpose of this kind of hysteria is generally that some people need to feel anger and hatred on a regular basis and don't know the difference between anecdote and evidence.
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[quote]
This is the kind of thing Gob does all the time with re: to British social services. Here it is the U.S. Find some lurid particular story just to wind people up and turn their brains off. In a country of 315 million people there will be a few examples of idiocy every day. That tells us exactly nothing about how the whole is functioning.
The purpose of this kind of hysteria is generally that some people need to feel anger and hatred on a regular basis and don't know the difference between anecdote and evidence.
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
What if the TSA goons are overly-aggresive in dealing with a handicapped child (as stated in the article)?bigskygal wrote:Puhleeze!
Hyperbole much in that article?
'They attack her like she's Osama bin Laden.'
Give me a FUCKING break.
These folks are idiots, every bit as much a part of the problem.
Grow the fuck up, talk to your kid about the reality of a likely pat down procedure, since you are frequent fliers, and getoveritalready.
Just tell the kid to STFU and submit to these jack-booted thugs?
I think not!
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
dales, show me a reliable source that a disabled child was 'roughed up'; the article is nothing but the unsubstantiated claims of two hypersensitive parents. Where's the unbiased independent witness? If I saw a disabled child roughed up, I'd go to the press - I'm sure most other decent folk would, too.
Hey, want to buy a bridge?
Hey, want to buy a bridge?
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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Do they have any in MT as beautiful as the Golden Gate Bridge?
If so let me know, post it and I might be interested.
I lost out on the GG Bridge to a higher bidder on ebay!
And... back on topic, that's why I posted a url to a TSA blog.
If so let me know, post it and I might be interested.
I lost out on the GG Bridge to a higher bidder on ebay!
And... back on topic, that's why I posted a url to a TSA blog.
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From FORBES: http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/20 ... t-the-tsa/
International molested 7-year-old Dina Frank so “aggressively” her family missed their flight. Dina suffers from cerebral palsy, yet her assailants still showed no compassion or mercy. And when her father tried to film the abuse, an agent “screamed” at him to stop — though “TSA does not prohibit the public, passengers or press from photographing, videotaping or filming at security checkpoints…,” or so the agency’s website insists. ”They make our lives completely difficult,” Joshua Frank, told The Daily, a newspaper for iPad. “They’re harassing people. This is totally misguided policy.”
You can’t sink lower than assaulting handicapped little girls...
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
If there was no harassment involved and the TSA had nothing to hide, why did they stop the parents from filming the incident? And if they decided they had to re-screen the girl why did they insist on returning her to the security checkpoint, a considerable distance away, rather than giving her a pat-down in the gate area, where she already was--especially since they knew that doing so would cause the family to miss their flight?
ETA - flying with kids is hard enough, and flying with a disabled child must be a lot harder...why must the TSA make it even harder?
ETA - flying with kids is hard enough, and flying with a disabled child must be a lot harder...why must the TSA make it even harder?
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I have good news for you Dale....I lost out on the GG Bridge to a higher bidder on ebay!
That bidder failed to come through, so the bridge is now yours!
Just as soon as you transfer your payment to my PayPal account, the deed will be on it's way....
Re: Travel by air, get felt up
Again, Econoline, absent independent eyewitness to what must have been an outrageously disruptive incident as described, you just accept at face value the parents' account that the TSA agent screamed & cursed at them (screamed? really? in the security area of a NYC airport?), treated the child like Osama bin Laden, etc?
Color me a bit more skeptical. Let's see if a lawsuit is filed, or if they file a formal complaint with TSA, or if they are just whining their way into their 15 minutes of fame.
Why aren't these people suing? Or at least calling their Senators and demanding hearings re: these outrageous human rights violations? Roughing up a disabled child? That's ABUSE.
Color me a bit more skeptical. Let's see if a lawsuit is filed, or if they file a formal complaint with TSA, or if they are just whining their way into their 15 minutes of fame.
Why aren't these people suing? Or at least calling their Senators and demanding hearings re: these outrageous human rights violations? Roughing up a disabled child? That's ABUSE.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: Travel by air, get felt up
Sorry, I just read the article again and it made me laugh.
The Franks were 'yanked' out of line over Dina's screening.
'They make our lives completely difficult.'
Really? Your lives are completely difficult because of TSA? For the 20 minutes or half hour they spend going through screening?
Thin skinned for people with a disabled kid. I'd think her CB causes more difficulty in their lives overall.
Go to the airport earlier. Prepare Dina for the certainty of pat down.
Or, drive to Florida in the comfort of your own vehicle, unaccosted by TSA.
I know; I'm a heartless bitch.
The Franks were 'yanked' out of line over Dina's screening.
'They make our lives completely difficult.'
Really? Your lives are completely difficult because of TSA? For the 20 minutes or half hour they spend going through screening?
Thin skinned for people with a disabled kid. I'd think her CB causes more difficulty in their lives overall.
Go to the airport earlier. Prepare Dina for the certainty of pat down.
Or, drive to Florida in the comfort of your own vehicle, unaccosted by TSA.
I know; I'm a heartless bitch.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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More TSA hijinx 
Baby security breach closes NJ airport terminal
By SAMANTHA HENRY, Associated Press
Friday, April 27, 2012
(04-27) 18:29 PDT Newark, N.J. (AP) --
A terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport was shut down for over an hour Friday after officials discovered that a baby hadn't been properly screened, Transportation Security Administration officials said.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, described the incident as a security breach that occurred at around 1:15 p.m. at a security checkpoint. Terminal C was evacuated and passengers had to go through security screening again.
TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said a mother and baby went through a metal detector when the machine sounded an alarm. The mother handed the child to the father, who had already been screened. The mother was cleared, but the baby hadn't been properly screened
TSA officers searched for the family in the secure area of the terminal and notified Port Authority police as per protocol, but they emphasized that it was a low-risk situation, Farbstein said.
A TSA official said they had explained the circumstances of the breach to the Port Authority police and recommended against evacuating the terminal since it was a low-risk situation.
Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesman, said that it took the TSA more than 30 minutes to notify police of the lapse and that officers "took immediate action to make sure the breach did not endanger passengers or our facility."
"We're not going to second-guess a real-time decision made by our police department to err on the side of caution and protect passenger safety," he said.
The terminal and checkpoint were closed from 1:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Passenger Jennifer Pallanich said she was on a Houston-bound flight scheduled to depart at about 2 p.m. and boarding had been completed, but because of the breach, the passengers had to evacuate and go through security screening again.
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Associated Press writer David Porter contributed to this report.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f ... 109D37.DTL
© 2012 HearBst Communications Inc.
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
So you're saying that one out of this many airports (52 if I counted correctly) had a delay of 1hr and 20 min? I've sat on the tarmac in the plane for more than twice that long for a mechanical problem.
United States
Akron - Akron Fulton International Airport
Albany - Albany International Airport
Albuquerque – Albuquerque International Airport
Alexandria - Alexandria International Airport
Alice - Alice International Airport
Allentown - Lehigh Valley International Airport
Anchorage – Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Atlanta – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlantic City - Atlantic City International Airport
Austin - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Bakersfield - Meadows Field
Baltimore - Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Bellingham - Bellingham International Airport
Billings - Billings Logan International Airport
Binghamton - Greater Binghamton Airport
Birmingham - Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Boston – Logan International Airport
Brownsville - Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport
Buffalo - Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Burlington - Burlington International Airport
Calexico - Calexico International Airport
Casper - Casper/Natrona County International Airport
Charlotte – Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Charleston - Charleston International Airport
Chicago - Chicago Midway International Airport
Chicago - Chicago Rockford International Airport
Chicago – O'Hare International Airport
Cincinnati - Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cleveland - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Columbus - Port Columbus International Airport
Columbus - Rickenbacker International Airport
Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth – Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dayton - James M. Cox Dayton International Airport
Daytona Beach - Daytona Beach International Airport
Denver - Denver International Airport
Del Bonita - Whetstone International Airport
Del Rio - Del Rio International Airport
Des Moines - Des Moines International Airport
Detroit - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Duluth - Duluth International Airport
Eagle Pass - Maverick County Memorial International Airport
Edinburg - South Texas International Airport at Edinburg
El Paso - El Paso International Airport
Erie - Erie International Airport
Fairbanks - Fairbanks International Airport
Fargo - Hector International Airport
Flint - Bishop International Airport
Fort Lauderdale – Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Fort Myers - Southwest Florida International Airport
Fort Worth - Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fresno - Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Glasgow - Glasgow International Airport
Grand Rapids - Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Great Falls - Great Falls International Airport
Green Bay - Austin Straubel International Airport
Greensboro - Piedmont Triad International Airport
Greenville/Spartanburg - Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Gulfport/Biloxi - Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Harlingen - Valley International Airport
Harrisburg/Middletown - Harrisburg International Airport
Honolulu - Honolulu International Airport
Houlton - Houlton International Airport
Houston – George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Huntsville - Huntsville International Airport
Indianapolis - Indianapolis International Airport
International Falls - Falls International Airport
Jackson - Jackson-Evers International Airport
Jacksonville - Jacksonville International Airport
Juneau - Juneau International Airport
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek - Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
Kalispell - Glacier Park International Airport
Kansas City – Kansas City International Airport
Key West - Key West International Airport
Ketchikan - Ketchikan International Airport
Kona – Kona International Airport
Lake Charles - Chennault International Airport
Lansing - Capital Region International Airport
Laredo - Laredo International Airport
Las Cruces - Las Cruces International Airport
Las Vegas – McCarran International Airport
Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport
Louisville – Louisville International Airport
Lubbock - Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
Marquette/Gwinn - Sawyer International Airport
Massena - Massena International Airport
McAllen - McAllen-Miller International Airport
Medford - Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport
Melbourne - Melbourne International Airport
Memphis – Memphis International Airport
Miami - Miami International Airport
Milwaukee – General Mitchell International Airport
Minneapolis/Saint Paul – Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Missoula - Missoula International Airport
Monticello - Sullivan County International Airport
Moses Lake - Grant County International Airport
Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach International Airport
Nashville - Nashville International Airport
New Orleans – Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
New York City – John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York City – LaGuardia Airport
Newark – Newark Liberty International Airport
Newburgh - Stewart International Airport
Newport News - Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
Niagara Falls, New York - Niagara Falls International Airport
Norfolk - Norfolk International Airport
North Charleston - Charleston International Airport/Charleston AFB
Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
Ogdensburg - Ogdensburg International Airport
Ontario - Ontario International Airport
Orlando – Orlando International Airport
Palm Springs - Palm Springs International Airport
Panama City Beach - Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
Pensacola - Pensacola International Airport
Peoria - General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport
Philadelphia - Philadelphia International Airport
Phoenix – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh International Airport
Plattsburgh - Plattsburgh International Airport
Pontiac - Oakland County International Airport
Port Angeles - William R. Fairchild International Airport
Port Huron - St. Clair County International Airport
Portland, Maine – Portland International Jetport
Portland, Oregon – Portland International Airport
Portsmouth - Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
Port Townsend - Jefferson County International Airport
Quad Cities - Quad City International Airport
Raleigh – Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Reno - Reno-Tahoe International Airport
Richmond – Richmond International Airport
Rochester, Minnesota - Rochester International Airport
Rochester, New York - Greater Rochester International Airport
Sacramento – Sacramento International Airport
Saginaw - MBS International Airport
Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City International Airport
San Antonio - San Antonio International Airport
San Diego - San Diego International Airport
San Francisco - San Francisco International Airport
San Jose – San Jose International Airport
Santa Ana/Orange County – John Wayne Airport (from 2011, after Terminal C is built)
Sarasota\Bradenton - Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Sault Ste. Marie - Chippewa County International Airport
Savannah - Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Seattle - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Spokane - Spokane International Airport
Saint Louis – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport
St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
Sweetgrass - Ross International Airport
Syracuse - Greater Rochester International Airport
Tampa – Tampa International Airport
Toledo - Toledo Express Airport
Tucson – Tucson International Airport
Tulsa - Tulsa International Airport
Washington, D.C. – Washington Dulles International Airport
Watertown - Watertown International Airport
West Palm Beach – Palm Beach International Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Wilmington - Wilmington International Airport
Windsor Locks - Bradley International Airport
Yuma - Yuma International Airport
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United States
Akron - Akron Fulton International Airport
Albany - Albany International Airport
Albuquerque – Albuquerque International Airport
Alexandria - Alexandria International Airport
Alice - Alice International Airport
Allentown - Lehigh Valley International Airport
Anchorage – Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Atlanta – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlantic City - Atlantic City International Airport
Austin - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Bakersfield - Meadows Field
Baltimore - Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Bellingham - Bellingham International Airport
Billings - Billings Logan International Airport
Binghamton - Greater Binghamton Airport
Birmingham - Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Boston – Logan International Airport
Brownsville - Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport
Buffalo - Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Burlington - Burlington International Airport
Calexico - Calexico International Airport
Casper - Casper/Natrona County International Airport
Charlotte – Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Charleston - Charleston International Airport
Chicago - Chicago Midway International Airport
Chicago - Chicago Rockford International Airport
Chicago – O'Hare International Airport
Cincinnati - Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cleveland - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Columbus - Port Columbus International Airport
Columbus - Rickenbacker International Airport
Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth – Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dayton - James M. Cox Dayton International Airport
Daytona Beach - Daytona Beach International Airport
Denver - Denver International Airport
Del Bonita - Whetstone International Airport
Del Rio - Del Rio International Airport
Des Moines - Des Moines International Airport
Detroit - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Duluth - Duluth International Airport
Eagle Pass - Maverick County Memorial International Airport
Edinburg - South Texas International Airport at Edinburg
El Paso - El Paso International Airport
Erie - Erie International Airport
Fairbanks - Fairbanks International Airport
Fargo - Hector International Airport
Flint - Bishop International Airport
Fort Lauderdale – Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Fort Myers - Southwest Florida International Airport
Fort Worth - Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fresno - Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Glasgow - Glasgow International Airport
Grand Rapids - Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Great Falls - Great Falls International Airport
Green Bay - Austin Straubel International Airport
Greensboro - Piedmont Triad International Airport
Greenville/Spartanburg - Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Gulfport/Biloxi - Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Harlingen - Valley International Airport
Harrisburg/Middletown - Harrisburg International Airport
Honolulu - Honolulu International Airport
Houlton - Houlton International Airport
Houston – George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Huntsville - Huntsville International Airport
Indianapolis - Indianapolis International Airport
International Falls - Falls International Airport
Jackson - Jackson-Evers International Airport
Jacksonville - Jacksonville International Airport
Juneau - Juneau International Airport
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek - Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
Kalispell - Glacier Park International Airport
Kansas City – Kansas City International Airport
Key West - Key West International Airport
Ketchikan - Ketchikan International Airport
Kona – Kona International Airport
Lake Charles - Chennault International Airport
Lansing - Capital Region International Airport
Laredo - Laredo International Airport
Las Cruces - Las Cruces International Airport
Las Vegas – McCarran International Airport
Los Angeles - Los Angeles International Airport
Louisville – Louisville International Airport
Lubbock - Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
Marquette/Gwinn - Sawyer International Airport
Massena - Massena International Airport
McAllen - McAllen-Miller International Airport
Medford - Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport
Melbourne - Melbourne International Airport
Memphis – Memphis International Airport
Miami - Miami International Airport
Milwaukee – General Mitchell International Airport
Minneapolis/Saint Paul – Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Missoula - Missoula International Airport
Monticello - Sullivan County International Airport
Moses Lake - Grant County International Airport
Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach International Airport
Nashville - Nashville International Airport
New Orleans – Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
New York City – John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York City – LaGuardia Airport
Newark – Newark Liberty International Airport
Newburgh - Stewart International Airport
Newport News - Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
Niagara Falls, New York - Niagara Falls International Airport
Norfolk - Norfolk International Airport
North Charleston - Charleston International Airport/Charleston AFB
Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
Ogdensburg - Ogdensburg International Airport
Ontario - Ontario International Airport
Orlando – Orlando International Airport
Palm Springs - Palm Springs International Airport
Panama City Beach - Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
Pensacola - Pensacola International Airport
Peoria - General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport
Philadelphia - Philadelphia International Airport
Phoenix – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh International Airport
Plattsburgh - Plattsburgh International Airport
Pontiac - Oakland County International Airport
Port Angeles - William R. Fairchild International Airport
Port Huron - St. Clair County International Airport
Portland, Maine – Portland International Jetport
Portland, Oregon – Portland International Airport
Portsmouth - Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
Port Townsend - Jefferson County International Airport
Quad Cities - Quad City International Airport
Raleigh – Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Reno - Reno-Tahoe International Airport
Richmond – Richmond International Airport
Rochester, Minnesota - Rochester International Airport
Rochester, New York - Greater Rochester International Airport
Sacramento – Sacramento International Airport
Saginaw - MBS International Airport
Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City International Airport
San Antonio - San Antonio International Airport
San Diego - San Diego International Airport
San Francisco - San Francisco International Airport
San Jose – San Jose International Airport
Santa Ana/Orange County – John Wayne Airport (from 2011, after Terminal C is built)
Sarasota\Bradenton - Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Sault Ste. Marie - Chippewa County International Airport
Savannah - Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Seattle - Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Spokane - Spokane International Airport
Saint Louis – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport
St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
Sweetgrass - Ross International Airport
Syracuse - Greater Rochester International Airport
Tampa – Tampa International Airport
Toledo - Toledo Express Airport
Tucson – Tucson International Airport
Tulsa - Tulsa International Airport
Washington, D.C. – Washington Dulles International Airport
Watertown - Watertown International Airport
West Palm Beach – Palm Beach International Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Wilmington - Wilmington International Airport
Windsor Locks - Bradley International Airport
Yuma - Yuma International Airport
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Re: Travel by air, get felt up
I just went through security at Savannah/Hilton Head Int'l airport.
I was full body scanned for the first time. I got through security in 10 minutes, despite carrying a medical device subject to heightened scrutiny. I stupidly wore a partially metal hairclip, so had to step aside for an additional 30 seconds of harassment.
The TSA agents smiled and engaged in joking with me about my statement that after a week in Savannah, I didn't have any money left in my pockets that would disrupt the scan.
Bastards! They make my life completely difficult.
I was full body scanned for the first time. I got through security in 10 minutes, despite carrying a medical device subject to heightened scrutiny. I stupidly wore a partially metal hairclip, so had to step aside for an additional 30 seconds of harassment.
The TSA agents smiled and engaged in joking with me about my statement that after a week in Savannah, I didn't have any money left in my pockets that would disrupt the scan.
Bastards! They make my life completely difficult.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan