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Sipping coffee or a Soda in a departure lounge? You are now a "potential terrorist".

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  • #2
    weisses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,754 ✭✭✭weisses


    I thought they were offering milk and sugar


  • #3
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Wouldn't it be easier for the TSA to screen all the foodstuffs that are taken airside instead?

    The TSA are hilarious. But what if the terrorists are hiding their soda bottle......"lets make everyone wear hospital gowns when travelling. No where for those pesky terrorists to hide now!"


  • #4
    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    Tsa re flight crew are fine in the big hubs. Don't have to unload liquids etc.

    Takes the hassle factor away. As for being a pax, one giant pain in the whole.


  • #5
    Davidth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    TSA seem to equate shouting loudly as being efficient .

    I remember the last time I flew out of the US ( Newark ) they had TSA people walking up and down the security line SCREAMING at the top of their lungs.

    It was horrible and TBH , very ineffecient ,because you could not hear a word they were screaming and all it did was make the Americans ( who seem very confused at security things ) very uneasy and they tended to panic.


  • #6
    veetwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭veetwin


    How they got to be the most powerful nation in the world is a source of constant amazement.


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  • #7
    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    veetwin wrote: »
    How they got to be the most powerful nation in the world is a source of constant amazement.

    How they found the moon I'll never know........


  • #8
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    I wonder how long it will before the US Authorities will "create an incident" in a terminal building or on-board a plane to justify these checks. :)


  • #9
    pclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭pclancy


    I really can't be bothered going to the US ever again. What's the point when travel has become this ludicrous.


  • #10
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    pclancy wrote: »
    I really can't be bothered going to the US ever again. What's the point when travel has become this ludicrous.

    And this is just the start of it.

    TSA has now spread its tentacles to include bus and train stations.

    Next it will be the supermarket mall.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwHE3kEjdc


  • #11
    LLU
    Closed Accounts Posts: 407 ✭✭LLU


    Surprising that the owner of the camera didn't get the full internal examination treatment for daring to film that!


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  • #12
    martinsvi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭martinsvi


    could it be that this is not a normal practice - they just discovered a momentary security hole? For instance, maybe some doors were left opened or something?


  • #13
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    LLU wrote: »
    Surprising that the owner of the camera didn't get the full internal examination treatment for daring to film that!
    Photographing TSA, airports, train stations, police and security personal with smart phones may be soon become a thing of the past.

    Apple Moves One Step Closer Toward Location-Based Camera Disabling


  • #14
    Davidth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    I have been looking everywhere for video/audio of Hitchhikers Guide , Vorgons.

    That's what TSA remind me of , basically shouting .


  • #15
    AlekSmart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,004 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    Bearcat wrote: »
    How they found the moon I'll never know........

    They did'nt........;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTKn1aSOyOs


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



  • #16
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Bearcat wrote: »
    Tsa re flight crew are fine in the big hubs. Don't have to unload liquids etc.

    Takes the hassle factor away. As for being a pax, one giant pain in the whole.
    90% of Frequent Flyers Give TSA Fair or Poor Rating. :eek:

    http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2012/09/tsa-poll/


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