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NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 09:12 AM Sep 2013

Making $$ from fear! "Keep your shoes, jackets on: TSA to expand pre-screening program" - just 85$

and you are no longer a threat, I guess....



http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/travel/tsa-shoes-jackets-allowed/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

snip

"TSA says later this year it will launch an application process to allow passengers who want to join PreCheck to pay $85, verify their identity and provide fingerprints at an enrollment center.

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin America currently participate in the program. JetBlue and Southwest will begin taking part when they are "operationally ready," according to the TSA.

PreCheck is part of a larger effort by TSA to move to security based more on risks that certain passengers may pose.

"As TSA continues to move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to transportation security, we are looking for more opportunities to provide the most effective security in the most efficient way possible," TSA Administrator John Pistole said in the news release announcing the expansion.

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there's so much to say, I wouldn't even know where to start......


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Making $$ from fear! "Keep your shoes, jackets on: TSA to expand pre-screening program" - just 85$ (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Sep 2013 OP
No other country that I have visited requires this crap. Deep13 Sep 2013 #1
Meanwhile, I had my hair searched in the Atlanta airport... Phentex Sep 2013 #2
Shakedown Lars39 Sep 2013 #3
Want to be treated with respect at the airport? All you have to do is become one with the Borg. reformist2 Sep 2013 #4

Deep13

(39,154 posts)
1. No other country that I have visited requires this crap.
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 09:17 AM
Sep 2013

I did not have to take my shoes off or have a full-body scan in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, France, UK, or Germany.

Number of shoe bombs ever: 1

Number of successful shoe bombs ever: 0

Why failed: alert passengers.

Number of underwear bombs ever: 1

Number successful: 0

Why failed: alert passengers, stupid idea.

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