r/tsa

I fly a lot for work and have never previously had TSA ask to recheck everyone’s ID’s while boarding the flight.

It just happened on TWO flights that I was on just a few weeks apart from one another….

Chicago Midway to LaGuardia

Las Vegas to Chicago Ohare

I’ve seen old posts of this randomly happening but experiencing it twice in such a short period of time is weirding me out.

Why would they be doing this?

My wife works for tsa. She has told me a low # like 35,000 a year when retirement comes. She has been there 11 years and has a little over 20 years to 58.5.

Is a current USA passport "card" good at the TSA gate for ID for a domestic flight?

Thanks in advance.

This happened at O'Hare Terminal 1 screening 3 days ago. TSA agent didn't take responsibility and told me that I can either miss my flight or leave. The laptop was in a separate tray but it was picked for secondary screening for whatever reason. Is there a form I can fill out for compensation?

Display is completely shattered and Apple says it will cost $985+tax to fix.

I’m two months into TSA but never mentioned I had a prior engagement in a few days. I spoke to one of the managers to request a day off and she said yes but still hasn’t approved it. I spoke to her again and now she’s having second thoughts. Should I call out? If not am I able to leave early?

Good morning! Ive been working at LIT as a TSO for 8 months and with winter approaching i wanted to ask about ice and snow work travel!

Small edit: thank you everyone for letting me knwo to plan early and such however i already have two plans in the works. The police ride thing is moreso a curious question of "oh thatd be neat if they did that for us too" than a "this is my only option". Ive been planning stuff for any potential hazardous winter weather since about june because i love working for tsa and i want to do everything in my power to keep this job. But yea, this is moreso if they do give us rides or not as a last resort effort, however im doing everything in my power to get stuff planned and in place to make sure i clock in regardless of the weather :]]

I think i may have a Plan A solution for over all however if they fall through i was told by my dad, who is a radiologist and a fellow emergency worker personnel that if weather gets rough you can call the non-emergency line for the police station and ask for a ride since we are required bodys for work. I was wondering if that was the case because i couldn't find much when looking into it other then a bunch of posts of people just asking if they can call out, which is not what i want to do.

If they dont should i ask if i can just sleep at the airport before bad weather hits? I want to do my part and prove my worth so i can stay, but i dont wanna seem unnecessary overall by asking to just sleep in our brakeroom or something lol.

Anyway thank you for reading, im about to start driving to work because i need to get gas first, so i guess let me know what yall know! Im definitely going to go ahead and ask my supervisor about it today during my shift, but incase she doesn't have an answer right away i want to have this to fall back on due to needing to reach out about the Plan A vehicle from a family friend.

Was reading the email about all the new technology we are getting and how it will start at 6 or 7 airport within the next couple of weeks. Do we know which airports are 1st?

I was carrying my PS5 in my carry on since its fragile and there's no way I am putting it in checked. First time travelling with PS5 so they take my bag aside and the TSA agent says "Did you not look at the signs outside? You cannot travel with a PS5 as of last month"

My heart dropped and I thought omg they are going to keep my PS5, then he said I'm just kidding you can take it.

There have been times when I’ve been randomly selected and most times, I don’t get asked to remove my shoes.

But recently in an early morning flight, I was selected for random screening in the precheck line after an airline employee triggered the random alarm and I was asked to remove my shoes and I wonder why.

I speculate the possible reason. Maybe because the full body scanner wasn’t on yet and so they had me remove shoes instead as a substitute and walk back through.

I wasn’t patted down or anything.

I have a lot on my chest and have some questions and maybe a little bit of venting to do.

I applied for NDO on a whim when my airport was attempting to privatize. I got accepted. All I have to do is accept or decline the offer.

I know I have to be ready to deploy on very short notice for an undetermined amount of time. I worry about the strain it will put on my family, so I haven’t accepted yet. How many of you have done NDO with an infant? My son is 10 months old and I don’t want to throw all the burden of childcare on my wife. Which is why I should probably decline and avoid putting my family through extra stress. At the same time, my son is almost walking. He’s babbling and is a very happy and healthy 10 month old. I know I will miss a lot and miss out on a lot of bonding with him. Also, if he gets hurt or sick, she will have to shoulder that responsibility by herself unless my parents or sister can help her.

My wife is supportive of the fact that this is a unique opportunity to see other parts of the country and see how other airports do things. Along with possibly getting more overtime, room and board, per diem, and her occasionally being able to visit and bring the baby with her. She thinks that we can save some money.

Sorry for throwing all this on you and I know I was all over the place. But I think I can get the most support from my fellow TSOs. Thank you for reading and thank you in advance to anyone who comments.

Self explanatory I needed to go see a doctor this morning and missed a little work. What are all the requirements for the note? I know they are really specific at least my management

More of a discussion than a question. We all know what happened with the FlyDubai incident this week. It would seem silly not to collectively learn something from this and “patch” the security hole here. Historically we have placed near absolute trust in our pilots and crew, and based on surface-level logic, that is a pretty okay idea. But when the co-pilot smuggles a knife and commandeers the airplane, that’s a pretty big problem.

FlyDubai incident aside, there’s a whole lot of other issues this creates which probably shouldn’t be discussed in a public forum.

Is it time to permanently end the KCM program, and maybe replace it with TSA PreCheck lane access or an Evolv scanner for crew? Heathrow has done 100% crew screening for a very long time, and while crew absolutely hate it, there is little to no chance that incident could have occurred ex-LHR. Honestly, even TSOs themselves should probably be pulled at random to be screened at this point, just to really ensure the integrity of the system.

(This thread is NOT about the political motives, conspiracy theories, etc. I have my own opinions on those things I will not share here. This is purely to talk about the screening process and if lessons should be learned & changes made in response to those lessons)

I was wondering if bringing them in the OG packaging or a bag would be better? I know they don’t really care but can they throw them away if in the OG packaging saying thca? I know it is also federally legal.

All my friends at work got theirs already and I’m still waiting. Anyone else still waiting?

Rates have increased ALOT especially for self +1 and self and family. Review the plans, don't just auto renew my MHBP +1 went from 216 bi weekly to 400+ bi weekly

Since we just got our money back for uniforms I was looking at buying shoes through the website, has anyone gotten them and actually loved them? Is it worth it? I was looking at the chukka boot