Why I Couldn't Pilot An Airplane After A TSA Pat-Down

[Mattio]

Doesn't make any sense. You don't get patted down going into most sporting events and you could just as easily hurt as many people, yet airline pilots get frisked before flying their own planes while the baggage handlers go in through the back door at the airport and don't get so much as a metal detector (at least this is the case at some airports that I know of)

 

[BeRich]

Doesn't make any sense. You don't get patted down going into most sporting events and you could just as easily hurt as many people, yet airline pilots get frisked before flying their own planes while the baggage handlers go in through the back door at the airport and don't get so much as a metal detector (at least this is the case at some airports that I know of)

I'm not sure the exact number of people that lost their lives on 9/11, but I'm fairly sure it's a lot less than the amount of people at a sporting event. Fenway Park is a pretty small place compared to most stadiums, but it still holds 35,000 people....It's a little worrying to think what would happen if there was such an attack at a game, or something else. Eventually we're going to need the TSA whenever we try to leave the house.

 

[Mattio]

I'm not sure the exact number of people that lost their lives on 9/11, but I'm fairly sure it's a lot less than the amount of people at a sporting event. Fenway Park is a pretty small place compared to most stadiums, but it still holds 35,000 people....It's a little worrying to think what would happen if there was such an attack at a game, or something else. Eventually we're going to need the TSA whenever we try to leave the house.

About 3,000, RIP

 

[matthew]

I have to seriously question a guy who is so "humiliated" by a TSA pat-down that he was "useless" in the cockpit.

Really, dude?

I think you need to find another line of work and grow some thicker skin.

The guy definately needs thicker skin but I think the bigger issue here is, especially in public, pilots leading by example. I think that dissent should be saved when not at the airport because doing so in public compromises ones professionalism. If im a passenger and I see a crew going through the body scanner I may think to myself, "Well thats some BS." But at the same time Im also put at ease because if anyone should complain about it, it would be the crew: and they don't.

Don't get me wrong I oppose violations of our civil liberties, but this issue can be dealt with on a professional level.

 

[FlyChicaga]

I have to seriously question a guy who is so "humiliated" by a TSA pat-down that he was "useless" in the cockpit.

Really, dude?

I think you need to find another line of work and grow some thicker skin.

I am vehemently against the body scanners, and the "enhanced" pat downs. However, I wholeheartedly agree with the above. Grow some thicker skin and man up. If you're going to crumble after the embarrassment of a pat down, how the heck can you handle any type of inflight emergency? Or even worse, a security incident?

 

[WacoFan]

You know all that about me based on my posts in this thread?

Damn, you have skills, Dr. Either that, or your shot-from-the hip diagnosis is just as off kilter as you believe my line of thinking to be.

You're dangerous!

 

[Hevyhed]

Maybe the TSA agent winked at him and spoke with a lisp. That would definitely ruin my day.

 

[Rocketman99]

I may think to myself, "Well thats some BS." But at the same time Im also put at ease because if anyone should complain about it, it would be the crew: and they don't.

Which is exactly the problem. You should not be put at ease because this is doing something just for the sake of doing it and NOT because it helps the situation at all. Maybe I'm not a team player, but the way I see it stupidity is stupidity. I don't care what other name you try to give it, I call a spade a spade.

 

[matthew]

Which is exactly the problem. You should not be put at ease because this is doing something just for the sake of doing it and NOT because it helps the situation at all. Maybe I'm not a team player, but the way I see it stupidity is stupidity. I don't care what other name you try to give it, I call a spade a spade.

I don't see the big picture like you guys do. I'll take your word for it. And just to reiterate, I argue the point that in public may not be the best place to make waves. Though I feel like discussions like these are starting to reverberate through the pilot and passenger community.