National opt-out day

TSA Clarifies Policy For Pat Down Refusal In Time For Thanksgiving

Byflyingfish

Tomorrow, Tuesday, the 23rd of November, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expected to publicly announce its clarified policy for those who refuse a pat down. This clarification comes in time for National Opt Out Day and Thanksgiving. The new clarified policy for those who refuse pat downs by a TSA Transportation Security Officer (TSO),…

National Opt Out Day … why I am not supporting it

Byflyingfish

The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new security procedures are ruffling a lot of feathers.  These procedures include the roll out of the new whole-body-imaging scanners … and for those who “opt out” of the scanners, the experience of an ‘enhanced pat down.’ These two options are upsetting airline passengers throughout the United States.  Many dislike…