My Wife and Airport Security

January 6, 2005 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Current Affairs 

My wife is flying to Houston today.  For various reasons (mainly including her boss), she didn’t buy the ticket until two days ago.

Because of that (and presumably her last name of Smith), she got a little extra treatment from the TSA.  She was unable to get a boarding pass from the ATM-like machines – she had to go to an agent at a desk and present her ID.  They also searched the heck out of her laptop bag, thinking that they saw a pocketknife.  It apparently was part of a computer cable.

She hadn’t boarded yet when I spoke to her, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they pulled her aside for another ID check at the gate.

At one point, the TSA was talking about implementing a “trusted traveller” program.  I think they should – it would avoid silly searches of legitimate people.

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