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"wouldn't trust them to walk a dog"

http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/confessions_of_tsa_agent_we_re_bunch_OhxHeGd0RR9UVGzfypjnLO

Unbelievable......


"Screeners start at $15 per hour, and there is tons of overtime � mainly because they are filling in for the many screeners who don�t bother coming to work. For every 40 hours you work, you receive four hours of vacation and four hours of sick time."

I have never been treated so poorly as we have been treated by TSA and Homeland Security when traveling internationally. I still find it hard to believe that a supposedly free people tolerates their fascist BS.

No suprises in that story. Sadly.

Do the math. Factor in a modest amount of OT.

Three questions:
Anyone see a problem with that?
How many here have that kind of time-off?
Can you say "France"?

Steve

It was never designed to keep us safe. Its purpose was prisoner conditioning for the general public. They ultimately want our relationship with the state to be akin to that of prisoners in a minimum security penitentiary vis-a-vis the guards and warden.

+1, and soon you won't be able to avoid them, as they are expanding their jurisdiction well beyond the airports.

While I won't argue the failure rate, whats the success rate? How many things do they detect and confiscate? You read of folks getting snagged with handguns or ammo they'd forgotten about all the time.....

But of course some folks also hate the fact that they are trying. While it may not nearly be as good as it could be.

Me, I"d personally rather be allowed to carry my handgun on the plane instead of the TSA lines.

But I will say this, while we only fly 1-2 times a year, I"ve NEVER been treated badly by a TSA employee. Every last one was friendly and nice. And I've never had a bad run in with them.

Of course the next time may be a bear.

The WORST I've EVER been treated was by US Customs at the border when we were coming BACK into the US from Alaska. Rude as all get out, no humor, nothing.
Of course I chat wiht border patrol at checkpoints coming out of Laredo a bit now and then and them, to the very last one, have been friendly and courteous.

I often suspect, that yes, there are a few bad ones, its also how you interact with them from the get go.

Same with my job. I'm an inspector and if you walk up and tell me I have no business doing my job and you won't follow the rules etc.... well we'll have a bit of a problem. With me, it will simply be you have a choice, follow or get a citation and stop work order, nothing personal mind you, but we have jobs to do.

Just so you know, that information is inaccurate.


Travis

Do you really fly? I would think that would be your worst nightmare.


Travis

Whoever wrote that article needs to check their "facts"...

Leave is accrued bi-weekly...starting Gov. employees receive 4 hours of annual and 4 hours of sick leave per pay period, not weekly (26 pay periods). That equals, if my math is correct, 104 hours of paid vacation a year. After 3 years of service, annual leave is bumped to 6 hours per pay period, or 156 hours per year. After 15 years of service it bumps to 8 hours of annual per period or 208 hours a year. Sick leave never increases, 4 hours per pay period, no matter length of service. Each employee is also only allowed to carry over 240 hours of annual per year...any annual beyond 240 hours is lost after Jan. 1, unpaid.

Also, all leave has got to be approved (sick and annual) by immediate supervisors and supervisors retain the right to not approve leave (both sick and annual). If leave abuses are seen, supervisors can, and should, research and correct the issue.

Carry on.

I have a serious question about this.

If I wanted to start an airline (we'll call it "GFA") and I had all my customers sign a waiver and simply did not have security. None. My airline, my passengers, everybody is on the same page. We simply don't give a [bleep]. Armed guards are on every flight, they'll handle whatever happens.

Could somebody do this legally?


Travis

I spent over a year building an airport, with top security clearance.

Consequently, I do NOT feel safe while flying.

That being said, it's not all on the TSA either.

You're a [bleep] loon.

I suppose, if I were, I wouldn't know it, so there would be little point in my disputing the assertion, but why do you believe my statement above is incorrect?

I fly in and out of Newark alot, so this one went straight to my facebook.

It was done because the Bush Administration was under tremendous pressure to stop future terrorists from boarding planes.
For you to claim anything else is idiotic.

I'm not so sure it's nearly as cut and dry as you depict it.

Bullshitt... You are a Monday morning quarterback. And the worst thing is that you actually believe ALL of your own nuttiness.
Let me clue you in on something that we all know,except you.
You are an inept little man that shouldn't be allowed to own a computer. Everything you post is crap. EVERYTHING!
I hope the truth hurts.

I was treated MUCH worse by security in Turkey, than I have ever been in America by TSA folks. The dang turks held me at machine gun point, while they yelled at me in some foreign language! That was for just having a little pocket knife.