TSA Tries to Change Public Perception

The opening line of the article on the ABC News website says it all, ” Behind FEMA and the IRS, the Transportation Security Administration is America’s least favorite government agency.”
I spend a lot of my days thinking, reading, writing and cursing about the TSA’s lack of efficiency and blatant disregard for their consumers’ airport experience [...]

Are 3-1-1 Practices Used Around the World?

The short answer is YES.
According to the US Dept of Homeland Security, “Countries around the world support TSA’s approach to reducing the amount of liquids, gels and aerosols passengers can bring in their carry-ons”. (From TSA.gov)
In fact, they mention that the following countries all have subscribed to the 3-1-1 policy:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, [...]

Monkey in a Bag. Seriously.

Do TSA Agents ever get a break? Seems some clueless moron recently turned up at the airport with – yes it’s true – a Monkey in a Bag. But it gets even better! Whilst you and I are strip-searched, poked and manhandled by those delightfully nonchalant folk in their drab uniforms, [...]

Watch out Prince Albert!

On March 25, 2008, the AP and CBS reported another unbelievable breach of humanism by the TSA when a 37 year old Texas woman was forced to remove a nipple piercing at security check….with a pair of pliers.
You read it right. After walking through the scanning device, the unfortunate woman was set upon by [...]