Glad you've had easy experiences. I can only imagine what could happen when you get that special snowflake tsa guy who snaps at the mention of the word "shooter", regardless of context.
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Glad you've had easy experiences. I can only imagine what could happen when you get that special snowflake tsa guy who snaps at the mention of the word "shooter", regardless of context.
- Feb 4, 2013
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They random swab if you are Pre Check.
And they swab bags, sometimes due to xray results and sometimes randomly.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
No.
They have to swab with the cloth/paper to run the test. That swab goes into the machine.
After they pat you down, they swab their gloves and put that swab in the machine.
Clark W. Griswold
Active Member
- Oct 5, 2009
- 933
Did it to me in Montreal on the way home one time. Didn’t complain though because they pulled me out of a looong line waiting to go through security and then sent me to the front. Probably saved me 20 minutes!
They swabbed my granddaughter's bag in the pre-check line at Hobby airport in Houston after they scanned it. Turns out her mother had vacuum sealed some sand from the beach at Galveston for her to take home and they were trying to figure out what it was.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
I have never seen the swab their hands/gloves.
They just swap YOU.
They just swap YOU.
This is the procedure they follow when you opt out of the millimeter wave scanner. I have never been pulled for secondary search because I always opt out, so I can't speak to what the secondary search procedure might be. Your mileage may vary, void where prohibited, results not guaranteed at all TSA checkpoints and with all TSA officers.
- Feb 4, 2013
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The issue is, by doing their gloves, instead of swabbing you, they reduce be at least 10 times, and probably more, the amount of residue for the machine to find.
So a negative is not an negative, it is still a maybe.
So a negative is not an negative, it is still a maybe.
JWinners
Member
TSA once ripped apart my fiance's bag at an airport. They disregarded her ten-inch long lethal bamboo knitting needles to get all the way down to a bottle of water at the bottom of the bag. Removed the bottle, threw it away, and left us with a bag and its' contents spread all over the table. This is transportation security in the year 2018.
songlaw
Active Member
What's your complaint?
Jwinners:
I know you want to support your fiance. However, here is how it appears to a disinterested third-party stranger.
It seems that the ones who have a beef were the people in line behind your fiance who had to wait while TSA had to dig through your fiance's bag, because she could not follow simple directions. Good or bad, such is the state of things. It's been that way for a long time, now. It is not a new rule.
You didn't state whether your fiance apologized to her fellow travelers for
inconveniencing them all. I doubt it. You do, however, complain about your fiance being called out for HER mistake.
Do you see how it could look clueless and self-centered to others?
Jwinners:
I know you want to support your fiance. However, here is how it appears to a disinterested third-party stranger.
It seems that the ones who have a beef were the people in line behind your fiance who had to wait while TSA had to dig through your fiance's bag, because she could not follow simple directions. Good or bad, such is the state of things. It's been that way for a long time, now. It is not a new rule.
You didn't state whether your fiance apologized to her fellow travelers for
inconveniencing them all. I doubt it. You do, however, complain about your fiance being called out for HER mistake.
Do you see how it could look clueless and self-centered to others?
JWinners
Member
Good point here songlaw, I hadn't considered this perspective. Indeed, it is sometimes easy to become emotional and overlook the feelings and concerns of others.
Redgell88
Member
Pro Tip
Don't pet the dogs! Or get near them. I doubt if there is another method of scanning for GSR.
Don't pet the dogs! Or get near them. I doubt if there is another method of scanning for GSR.
vetogunban
Active Member
Never had a GSR problem before but I was stopped twice for fertilzer detection. Must have walked in the wrong places, once coming back from England and once from Hawaii.
JWinners
Member
+1 for not petting the dogs. Even the cute ones. They're usually labs it seems.
- Feb 4, 2013
- 28,175
Having been stuck behind people with all sorts of stuff in their carry on, or large amounts of jewelry, or funky strap on Roman type footwear, THIS ^^^^^
This is not new.
Yeah, sometimes I forget a water bottle in my bag, but I put my water bottle in an easy for them to get to place. So 30 - 45 seconds top.
I get really pissed at the people in the TSA pre check lane that do stupid crap. These people are supposed to be travelers and know the process. Oh wait, some airlines give it out free. Another reason to get pissed.
Oh to add to the original thread topic, went shooting on Sunday and flew out on Monday. No issues.... Then again I have pre check and clear.
Oh to add to the original thread topic, went shooting on Sunday and flew out on Monday. No issues.... Then again I have pre check and clear.
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