seashoreCM
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I'm going to have to tell y'all to collect your things from the airport X-ray conveyor before going with the agent for a more thorough search. And be insistent although not loud (except to yell Stop Thief if needed). Airport agents are not looking out for your stuff. You gotta take the time and look out for your stuff. Do not let your valuables out of your sight. And stay close to your things unless you are prepared to lunge back towards them, even if barefoot, if you see a thief take them.
The following was from USA Today:
Stricter airport security is producing an unwelcome byproduct: a rash of lost laptop computers.
Lost-and-found counters report being flooded with jewelry, keys, cellphones and especially laptops left behind at checkpoints since enhanced screening went into effect after Sept. 11.
Airports where misplaced laptops and other personal electronics are showing up include:
* Seattle-Tacoma. Screeners turned in 115 laptops left at checkpoints in the last three months of 2001. That compares with three laptops turned in during the same period of 2000. A worker has been assigned full time to try to track down laptop owners.
* Denver. Ninety-six laptops and 74 cellphones were recovered at security checkpoints over two weeks alone from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11. The problem has become so acute that airport officials have posted signs saying ''Got laptop?'' in hopes that passengers will catch a glimpse as they leave checkpoints.
* San Francisco. Police are investigating the disappearance of nine laptops recently from a single checkpoint. Officers recommended that private security screeners make changes to help reduce the losses.
The problem stems from new procedures that require passengers to remove their laptops from their cases and put them through X-ray machines. They forget to pick them up or grab a stranger's laptop by mistake.
''It's clearly connected to the change of habit,'' says Dennis Hatch, who runs Seattle-Tacoma's lost-and-found department.
It's even worse for fliers who are singled out for magnetic wand searches and may be separated from their valuables on the X-ray belt for minutes.
Hatch says he constantly fields calls from ''well-established, professional, intelligent individuals who break down in tears'' from losing a laptop. ''Their day is devastated.''
The new Transportation Security Administration has already ordered security screeners as soon as possible to let passengers stay within sight of X-rayed valuables while being screened.
''It's common sense,'' spokesman Jim Mitchell says.
Private security-screening companies say it's not their job to sort out passengers' belongings coming through the X-ray machine.
''As a general rule, we're not there to make sure everybody gets their stuff,'' says Jessica Neal, spokeswoman for Huntleigh, one of the largest screening companies. ''We're there to make sure everyone's safe and secure.''
Business fliers and their companies are hoping for improvements.
''I hear horror stories every day,'' says Kevin Iwamoto, travel manager for Hewlett-Packard, who has had to deal with employees who have reported laptops stolen at checkpoints.
He suggests travelers tape colored paper to laptops to identify them.
Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm
"There is another post like this but I couldn't find it and the search function was disabled, so easier to make a new post, this one"
The following was from USA Today:
Stricter airport security is producing an unwelcome byproduct: a rash of lost laptop computers.
Lost-and-found counters report being flooded with jewelry, keys, cellphones and especially laptops left behind at checkpoints since enhanced screening went into effect after Sept. 11.
Airports where misplaced laptops and other personal electronics are showing up include:
* Seattle-Tacoma. Screeners turned in 115 laptops left at checkpoints in the last three months of 2001. That compares with three laptops turned in during the same period of 2000. A worker has been assigned full time to try to track down laptop owners.
* Denver. Ninety-six laptops and 74 cellphones were recovered at security checkpoints over two weeks alone from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11. The problem has become so acute that airport officials have posted signs saying ''Got laptop?'' in hopes that passengers will catch a glimpse as they leave checkpoints.
* San Francisco. Police are investigating the disappearance of nine laptops recently from a single checkpoint. Officers recommended that private security screeners make changes to help reduce the losses.
The problem stems from new procedures that require passengers to remove their laptops from their cases and put them through X-ray machines. They forget to pick them up or grab a stranger's laptop by mistake.
''It's clearly connected to the change of habit,'' says Dennis Hatch, who runs Seattle-Tacoma's lost-and-found department.
It's even worse for fliers who are singled out for magnetic wand searches and may be separated from their valuables on the X-ray belt for minutes.
Hatch says he constantly fields calls from ''well-established, professional, intelligent individuals who break down in tears'' from losing a laptop. ''Their day is devastated.''
The new Transportation Security Administration has already ordered security screeners as soon as possible to let passengers stay within sight of X-rayed valuables while being screened.
''It's common sense,'' spokesman Jim Mitchell says.
Private security-screening companies say it's not their job to sort out passengers' belongings coming through the X-ray machine.
''As a general rule, we're not there to make sure everybody gets their stuff,'' says Jessica Neal, spokeswoman for Huntleigh, one of the largest screening companies. ''We're there to make sure everyone's safe and secure.''
Business fliers and their companies are hoping for improvements.
''I hear horror stories every day,'' says Kevin Iwamoto, travel manager for Hewlett-Packard, who has had to deal with employees who have reported laptops stolen at checkpoints.
He suggests travelers tape colored paper to laptops to identify them.
Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/disney.htm
"There is another post like this but I couldn't find it and the search function was disabled, so easier to make a new post, this one"
(The only time I've ever had problems is when the tripod was in my bag, other than that, I've never even set off the metal detector) That was when people were reporting that passangers were being searched out in the open instead of in a room or behind a curtain. As we left the security area, I thru a mock hissy fit saying I was bummed that I didn't get to rip my shirt off. I guess we were standing too close to the military guys because they started laughing at me. I figure in a bad situation, make the best of it and laugh it off. (although I would never joke in a serious situation, if you know what i mean)
I don't mean to offend or appear that discrimination is ok, but certain people FIT a profile and certain people do not. Joe Blow from Idaho with his wife and 3 kids do not fit. Gram and gramps coming back from Fla. for the winter do not fit. Poeple with 1 way tickets, no luggage, and other SUSPICIOUS characteristics fit the profile. Let's stop ***** footing around to make it look like no-one is exempt, and start checking the people who more closely resemble "suspicion".
