TSA Fesses Up

[CPT Tripss]

Admits that ID isn't necessary for security. Of course it took a major screw up by the Airport Security screeners . . .

Even after three security checks, a woman from Long Island was somehow able to get onto a plane in Atlanta with the wrong boarding pass.

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The TSA in Atlanta said there are many levels of security, and the agent involved should have caught the error. But the TSA said Gold and her luggage were screened, so there was no risk of harm.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09...-plane-to-laguardia-with-wrong-boarding-pass/

 

[sam_gordon]

Admits that ID isn't necessary for security. Of course it took a major screw up by the Airport Security screeners . . .



http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09...-plane-to-laguardia-with-wrong-boarding-pass/

Shouldn't the airline (Delta in this case) also take some blame? After all, THEY printed the wrong BP (according to the article) AND let a woman on using a boarding pass for "Mark Dornan".

Was a mistake made? Of course. Would a terrorist count on TSA (and others) making an identical mistake in order to get past security? If they do, that wouldn't be very smart.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Shouldn't the airline (Delta in this case) also take some blame? After all, THEY printed the wrong BP (according to the article) AND let a woman on using a boarding pass for "Mark Dornan".

Was a mistake made? Of course. Would a terrorist count on TSA (and others) making an identical mistake in order to get past security? If they do, that wouldn't be very smart.

Umm,,, in this day and age a woman named Mark is not going to raise any flags anywhere. Delta is not in the business of ensuring you dress and look like a profile of your name LOL.


And sadly terrorists are smarter the the Thousands Standing Around.

 

[sam_gordon]

Umm,,, in this day and age a woman named Mark is not going to raise any flags anywhere. Delta is not in the business of ensuring you dress and look like a profile of your name LOL.

And sadly terrorists are smarter the the Thousands Standing Around.

So do you really believe a terrorist will look at this mistake and say "hey, we can exploit this"?

 

[bumbershoot]

I'm not sure what airlines, but two things have happened with DH recently that have been odd.

On one occasion while checking a bag and having a boarding pass printed (our printer is messed up) he was given someone else's boarding pass. I think it was actually the tsa guy that caught it.

And not long after that (he travels all the time) he went to check in online for the flight to find out he was on standby for an earlier flight (leaving in hours from then). Called in, and this request had been made at the counter within the last hour. His name isn't uncommon but it's not so common that there should be another of him on his same flight. So something went awry at the airport. I felt bad for the person who thought he (or even she, lol) was waiting on standby only to have that not happen!

Something odd seems to be happening in airline systems.

 

[Lewisc]

If the inspection process for checked and carryon luggage was perfect there wouldn't be a reason to check names against no fly lists.

If the process of vetting passengers and setting up the no fly list was perfect there wouldn't be a reason to inspect luggage.

Both are checked since neither is perfect.

Pre-clear tells us who meet certain criteria are deemed to be low risk and subject to streamlined screening.

The passenger is greatly overstating the security issue.

The employee who gave out the wrong BP is in error. The passenger who didn't bother to read their BP made a mistake. The TSA agent who compared ID to the BP was wrong.

 

[CPT Tripss]

So do you really believe a terrorist will look at this mistake and say "hey, we can exploit this"?

What's to exploit? If the checkpoint provides the security it's supposed to, then whether or not one has ID doesn't matter. If the checkpoint is sloppy and doesn't detect weapons, explosives and incendiaries, then perfectly matching ID doesn't keep flyers safe.