TSA screeners win immunity from flier abuse claims: U.S. appeals court

[Leonhard]

I have the TSA Precheck. It was great. I just walked up to the booth, put everything on a conveyorbelt to be scanned and walked through the metal detector. basically like going into any federal building in the USA. I didn't have to take off my shoes or belt, or turn on my laptop. No long line.

Sounds like the checkout in my country.

[rogue06]

I have the TSA Precheck.

A pirate with a TSA precheck? Something is horribly wrong here.

[Cow Poke]

I have the TSA Precheck.

This is proof the system is terribly broken.

[rogue06]

This is proof the system is terribly broken.

Or... that he's actually an agent for the Royal Navy!!1!!11!eleventy-one!!

[One Bad Pig]

I have the TSA Precheck. It was great. I just walked up to the booth, put everything on a conveyorbelt to be scanned and walked through the metal detector. basically like going into any federal building in the USA. I didn't have to take off my shoes or belt, or turn on my laptop. No long line.

I sometimes have to take off my shoes and belt to enter a courthouse. It depends on the current threat level, I think.

[rogue06]

I sometimes have to take off my shoes and belt to enter a courthouse. It depends on the current threat level, I think.

They always require that you remove your belt to enter the county courthouse here. Shoes? Not so much if you're wearing tennis shoes/sneakers like I often am.

[Cow Poke]

I sometimes have to take off my shoes and belt to enter a courthouse. It depends on the current threat level, I think.

When I visit the Texas Capital, I just have to show my Concealed Carry License, and I get waved around security, not even having to wait in line for the metal detector.

[thewriteranon]

I still have to go through security and I work at the courthouse.

I once almost got stopped because I had a spoon in my bag until the other guy working the security belt pointed out I was an intern.

[Mountain Man]

I guess the logic of this ruling is that TSA agents are better able to do their jobs if they're not concerned with being frivolously sued by a troublesome passenger. Without immunity, imagine how easily someone could circumvent certain security measures if they threatened to sue any agent who scrutinized them too closely. The downside, of course, is that a power-hungry agent could take advantage of this immunity to make other people miserable.

The worst part of all of this is that I'm still not convinced that the security screening really makes us any safer. It just seems like an unnecessary hassle.

[Teallaura]

Um, I think you're making this way more convoluted than it is. I wasn't proposing a theory - I was stating some facts. TSA is all screwed up - I don't think anybody disputes that. But one of the main reasons is that they too often ACT like they are law enforcement when they have no such authority.

As even their own website attempts to make clear, they are pretty much to "observe and report", and call in actual law enforcement when they see violations.

That makes the decision as stated make less sense - a lot less sense.


;shrug: Let me get up to speed - maybe there's something i've missed or just didn't catch.

[Cow Poke]

That makes the decision as stated make less sense - a lot less sense.

Um, that's why I posted it - it makes no sense.

[Cow Poke]

Um, that's why I posted it - it makes no sense.

From the OP....

TSA screeners win immunity from flier abuse claims: U.S. appeals court

Oh, YAY... they can be rude with impunity!

Perhaps you thought was DEFENDING this nuttery?

[Cow Poke]

I guess the logic of this ruling is that TSA agents are better able to do their jobs if they're not concerned with being frivolously sued by a troublesome passenger. Without immunity, imagine how easily someone could circumvent certain security measures if they threatened to sue any agent who scrutinized them too closely. The downside, of course, is that a power-hungry agent could take advantage of this immunity to make other people miserable.

The worst part of all of this is that I'm still not convinced that the security screening really makes us any safer. It just seems like an unnecessary hassle.

IF they were serious about safety, they would take a few pages from the Israeli handbook on airplane security -- but they're too !@$#^!&^! PC to do that!

[One Bad Pig]

Um, that's why I posted it - it makes no sense.

From the OP....

TSA screeners win immunity from flier abuse claims: U.S. appeals court

Oh, YAY... they can be rude with impunity!

Perhaps you thought was DEFENDING this nuttery?

Talking with the smartest person in the room again?

[rogue06]

Um, that's why I posted it - it makes no sense.

As do a whole lot of your posts





































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