TSA: Singling out attractive women

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

I'm shocked!
http://jezebel.com/5885420/tsa-agents-singling-out-sexy-women-for-multiple-body-scans

eeven73 · Posted: Feb 15, 2012 3:10 pm Post subject:

I got extra screening and my bags searched by a 6'4" 250lb pre-op tranny TSA agent once.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

eeven73, dude. You live in Oregon. You just described like 3/4 the female population.

Razz

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Some of the comments on the article are pretty funny.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

trust the government!

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Right, guys working for a corporate entity would NEVER do that to women.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

guys working for a corporate entity don't have free reign to grope hundreds of women every day under the guise of national security.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Sounds like your problem isn't with the GOVERNMENT, but with the security measures in general. If a private firm was handling security with the same parameters, they would be doing the same thing. People are people.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Why are they just targeting single women? If they're just wanting to see good looking women semi-nude, why not just target all attractive women?

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Because everyone knows that the best way to get a woman in bed is to repeatedly subject her to naked body scans... duh.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

eeven73 · Posted: Feb 16, 2012 8:41 am Post subject:

The TSA is the government.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Love the way that article is written. Well done!

No one should be surprised by this.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

No, the TSA is a government agency.

Here's their pay scale:

Pay Band Minimum Maximum
A $17,083 $24,977
B $19,570 $28,546
C $22,167 $33,303
D $25,518 $38,277
E $29,302 $44,007
F $33,627 $50,494
G $39,358 $60,982
H $48,007 $74,390
I $58,495 $90,717
J $71,364 $110,612
K $85,311 $132,237
L $101,962 $155,500
M $120,236 $155,500

I don't know which "pay band" airport screening people fall into.

But again, I will bring up the FDA and CDC.
Being a gov't agency does not automatically mean you are a bunch of incompetent baboons.

Though it does seem the case with some of the TSA. And DMV. And both houses of congress.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

cameraboy, it's certainly with this bureaucracy and their practices which are governmental. I would prefer we station active duty military in the airports and bomb sniffing dogs which are more effective and discrete than the machines.

The pay (17K-155K including a modifier for region) still comes with the amazing government benefits package: health insurance, sick leave, paid vacation, retiree health benefits, a 401K, recruitment bonuses, incentive bonuses, relocation bonuses, interagency transfers, employee development programs and more.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

More specifically, TSA is an agency within the US Dept of Homeland Security.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

DA! Ve must protecten ze Homeland!

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Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

pet575 · Posted: Feb 16, 2012 9:03 am Post subject:

Just FYI, not every single airport in the U.S. is using government employees for airport security. There are some international airports in which TSA bids out the security to private companies who have a contract with TSA but operate independently. So not every "TSA agent" (as they are perceived to be by all of us) is actually a government employee.

The Kansas City International Airport is one of these. I know a handful of people who work for First Line Security here, which is the private company that has the contract with TSA. Outside of the regulations they have to comply with, they are run like a regular company and have their own way of operating. BTW, they are AWFUL to work for, so they probably wish they were govt employees.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Nor*Cal doesn't sound european to me.

HAHAHAHA

I flew 36 times in 3 years and was never screened a single time.

That was very troubling to me.

JV · Posted: Feb 16, 2012 9:07 am Post subject:

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

finkle, haha no, just read this paragraph

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

I also brought a small push dagger onto some of these flights in my carry on. Accidentally. But it was never confiscated.

But they did once take an allen key away from me.

eeven73 · Posted: Feb 16, 2012 9:27 am Post subject:

Or that they will serve you an aluminum can on any flight. Tear an aluminum can in half and you have a hand full of razor blades.

But a pocket knife with a dull 2.5 inch blade and a can opener..... Sound the alarms.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

I backpacked the Grand Canyon last year and flew back with an f'n collapsible shovel in my carry on. One of the few times I wasn't screened.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

chavez, my skin is darker than yours and so is my hair. Not hard when compared to a ginger. I just lack vowels.

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Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

That MIGHT be why you end up with some of them being clowns that didn't want to, or couldn't, get a better paying job. Which doesn't matter TOO much, as they are mainly there to make you feel good. I don't think they really DO much, and they would be much better replaced with the same system the Israelis use.

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Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Yes, I agree. I think that MOST of our "homeland security" nonsense does little more than make people feel alternatively better, and then less safe when votes are needed.