What’s with TSA agents’ bizarre behavior lately?
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Remember when the TSA accidentally published its passenger screening manual online a few years ago? Well, in light of this week’s events, which call into question the agency’s basic operating procedures, I’m not waiting around for it to do that again (although it probably will).
Here are two more reasons you should never check valuables in your luggage when you’re flying: Michael Pujol and his wife, Betsy Pujol Salazar.
If you have a problem with the TSA, what’s your next step?
Want to get through the TSA screening process as quickly and painlessly as possible? Sure you do.
With the possible exception of fares, no aspect of air travel is more misunderstood than the TSA checkpoint. So as a public service, I’m going to deal with some of the common myths about TSA screening.
One of the most common questions I get from air travelers is whether they really have to endure the searches, scans and pat-downs at the hands of a TSA agent.
Sometimes, the TSA can be its own worst enemy.
I’ve noticed that our friends at the TSA haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions yet, at least not publicly, so as I thought I’d help the federal agency charged with the challenging task of protecting our transportation systems.
Maybe it was the frosting, which a TSA agent tsk-tsked for being “too gel-like.” Or maybe it was the sinister name of the company that baked it — Wicked Good Cupcakes — that made the federal agency charged with protecting America’s transportation systems suspect the cupcake contained more than chocolatey holiday cheer.
Like many air travelers who are wary of having their luggage pilfered, Bobby Caldwell took every step he could to protect his property on a recent flight from Albuquerque, N.M., to Chicago. He packed his belonging in sturdy suitcases and secured them with TSA-approved locks.
Today’s word is “inconsistent.”
The TSA, an agency with a distinguished track record of roughing up air travelers, is complaining that it’s being bullied.
The 91-year-old woman was blind and in a wheelchair, but that didn’t stop the TSA agents in Seattle from giving her a thorough screening. A very thorough screening.
TSA Administrator John Pistole was busy making the rounds during Thanksgiving week, trying to assure holiday air travelers that their screening experience would be better than last year.
Elliott is consumer advocate 
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