Since today was part of TSA grope-your-mother-brother-sister opt-out week, I couldn’t resist the urge to travel. Well, I could have, but I actually needed to travel. My eyes were laser focused on finding any anomalies. I departed the first flight of the day and caught an early flight back after the day was done. The…
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TSA National Opt-Out Week, November 19th – 26th
While everyday day is opt-out day for the Weekly Flyer family, I am interested in what will happen now that this is National opt-out week. It is an interesting choice of weeks being one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, the week of Thanksgiving. Interestingly enough, I just happen to be flying this…
33 Loaded Guns, A TSA Week In Review – Gun Numbers Released From TSA
The TSA has released updated numbers on guns found in carry-on luggage in one week throughout the country. I was astounded at how many people try to bring a loaded gun onto a plane and think that they will get it through security. Geez, I am worried about getting through security with all my liquids…
TSA To Roll Out PreCheck To New Airports
TSA Pre Check has expanded to additional airports. The TSA initiative that allows passengers to go through expedited security without taking off their shoes or removing liquids from bags may be coming to a new airport near you. Airport Additions For Delta Flyers Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) Denver International…
Shocking – Cavity Search By TSA Accepted By One Third Of Americans In Poll
A shocking poll indicates that one third of americans would undergo an invasive “body cavity search” in order to fly. This is unreal. I’m not sure the “body cavity search” was defined in the poll, but c’mon, where is the line drawn for some (specifically 2059) people? Here is the specific question asked during the…
Are Your Bags Safe From TSA Theft? – Top 20 Airports For TSA Theft
A new TSA report ranks airports by safety from TSA theft.  What is outrageous to me is that the problem is so prevalent. Does the TSA not screen their employees? Here are the results from newly released Transportation Security Administration figures 2002-2011: Miami International Airport – 29 JFK International Airport – 27 Los Angeles International Airport – 24 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – 17 Las Vegas-McCarren International Airport – 15 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport –…
TSA Begins Removing Backscatters From Major Airports!
I will start by saying that I am all for getting the bad guys and safety while flying. However, the Weeklyflyer family is not a fan of the x-ray (backscatters) machines that TSA uses which take questionable pictures of the human form. We as a family refuse the scan and opt out almost every time…
Mrs Weekly Flyer’s Run In With TSA In Kansas City
Mrs Weekly flyer had TSA security nightmare flying from Kansas City, MO yesterday. She opted out of the x-ray machine as she always does and that is where things went south. I barely missed Mrs Weekly Flyer before she left for the trip, but I was right there when she returned to hear the full…
They’re Here – Transportation Security Agency At Political Rally Performs Pats Downs And Searches
The “Transportation Security Agency” is reported to be performing pat downs and searches of people at stationary political rallies as part of their VIPER program. People that crawl, skip, jump, hop, walk, hand walk, moon walk, roger rabbit, ride a bike, skateboard, or even roller skate to these events may now be subject to enhanced…
TSA Unplugged – Causes 2 Hour Delay At JFK
The TSA is in the news again today for causing a 2 hour delay at JFK airport. A screener “watching” the metal detector in the lane 1 at Terminal 7 made a huge mistake, and it caused the massive delay that rippled across the airlines. As screener Alija Abdul Majed was watching passengers go through the…
Senator Leading Charge To End TSA
When you read a quote like this, “It’s time to END the TSA and get the government’s hands back to only stealing our wallets instead of groping toddlers and grandmothers,” you know the guy is serious. Back in January Rand Paul was stopped by the TSA at the Nashville airport. Even though he passed through…
TSA Pre Initiative Saves Time With More Airports
Time is a precious commodity as a frequent traveler. The TSA has added three new airports to the TSA Pre initiative which will help save the frequent traveler some time. I shared how the TSA Pre program allows you to breeze through security after my first experience with the TSA Pre initiative. With the addition…
TSA Inspector Gets Searched And Busted For Stealing iPads
Hold on to your iPads, the TSA is in the news again. This time the tables were turned and a TSA inspector was the one getting searched. Apparently the TSA inspector wasn’t aware that the iPads he is accused of stealing could be traced. In January, a traveler reported his iPad stolen and traced it…
TSA Is Broken – And They Know It
Former TSA administrator, Kip Hawley, wrote a piece in the Wall Street journal admiting the airport security system remains so hopelessly bureaucratic and disconnected from the people whom it is meant to protect. He goes on to mention that if you are a frequent flyer, you probably hate the TSA. But he offers five suggestions…
TSA Requests Mother’s Milk But Throws Out Good Coffee
The TSA has given plenty of surprises to passengers over the last few years and now they are apparently surprising flight crew as well. The TSA makes the news this time for throwing out perfectly good coffee but forcing a mother to fill bottles for her baby with breast milk. TSA Forces Mother To Fill…
TSA Searches Boy In Wheelchair & Gets Fired In Orlando
Well that didn’t take long, the TSA is in the news again. This time they have come under fire for searching a 3 year old that was confined to a wheel chair. On a related note, Orlando Sanford International Airport is firing the TSA. The airport has announced plans to opt out of using the…
TSA Responds To Viral Video On Their Nude-O-Scope Scanners
TSA apparently also has a blog. They responded after the viral video surfaced exposing how the TSA nude-o-scope scanners don’t work. A video blogger and Engineer, Jonathan Corbett, showed video claiming he exposed a loophole where items are not picked up on the scanner, with video no less. In their response they do not discredit…
Blogger Exposes Loophole In TSA’s Nude Scanners
Blogger and Engineer, Jonathan Corbett, contends he has exposed a major flaw in the TSA’s Billion dollar fleet of nude body scanners. His video testament on how he exposed the loophole has gone viral. He claims to have taken a small metal object stitched to the side of his shirt through the nude-o-scope security scanner. He goes on…
TSA Pre – My First Time & Why I Waited So Long
TSA has a great new program that lets you breeze through security by keeping your shoes on, leaving the laptop in the bag, and avoiding the nude-o-scope. I have always been interested in the program but hadn’t tried it until today. My First Time Today was my first time going through TSA Pre and it…
TSA Detains US Senator
The TSA has been reported to have detained US senator Rand Paul from Kentucky, the son of the current presidential candidate Ron Paul. Rand Paul was detained after refusing a full body pat down at the Nashville airport. The scanner found an anomaly and the TSA said they required him to submit to a pat…