TSA screeners charged with stealing from baggage

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4 TSA security screeners in Ft. Lauderdale were charged with stealing from baggage, after being caught in an FBI sting. I thought this quote was hilarious:
"We uphold our screeners to the highest standards, and we intend to take this the highest level of prosecution," Stover said. "These screeners do not represent the loyalty and commitment of TSA's screening work force." Alrighty then...
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Hence why I lock my overnight kit. Keeps the rampers, TSA, out of it. I even learned to lock my flight kit when I came for a trip to find one of my manuals lifted... from the crew locker!! WTFO!
 
That's why I put clothes and things that aren't that valuable in the bag that I am going to check
 
I lock everything too.

People at the hotels are widely known to rifle thru your belongings, pilots will steal anything that isn't locked down and you never really know who is handling your bag downstairs or their motivations.

Back in 1998, I had someone steal the pin backers off of my wings, my name badge, a pair of epaulets and even stole my two special-issue ALPA pins from the commuter room.

The Virginia Avenue Holiday Inn in Atlanta has a nasty theft problem.
 
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The Virginia Avenue Holiday Inn in Atlanta has a nasty theft problem.

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When I checked the baby's suitcase to go to Florida last month, briefly I thought "Well, what if someone steals something?". Then I looked a little closer at the contents: baby food, diapers, bottles, diaper rash cream...not exactly high theft-priority items. I did find a little love note in his bag when we got there though saying the bag had been hand inspected. My guess is they saw the can of formula (made of metal), and wanted to get a closer look at that.
 
Well, so many guys I know have had stuff disappear from their rooms and have been greeted by the front counter with apathy when it's reported.

It's an acceptible hotel but I wouldn't leave anything more valuable than a golf shirt in the room unlocked.
 
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When I checked the baby's suitcase to go to Florida last month, briefly I thought "Well, what if someone steals something?". Then I looked a little closer at the contents: baby food, diapers, bottles, diaper rash cream...not exactly high theft-priority items. I did find a little love note in his bag when we got there though saying the bag had been hand inspected. My guess is they saw the can of formula (made of metal), and wanted to get a closer look at that.

[/ QUOTE ]Isn't it a law that all checked bags have to get inspected by hand?
 
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When I checked the baby's suitcase to go to Florida last month, briefly I thought "Well, what if someone steals something?". Then I looked a little closer at the contents: baby food, diapers, bottles, diaper rash cream...not exactly high theft-priority items. I did find a little love note in his bag when we got there though saying the bag had been hand inspected. My guess is they saw the can of formula (made of metal), and wanted to get a closer look at that.

[/ QUOTE ]Isn't it a law that all checked bags have to get inspected by hand?

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no, an x-ray ct scan machine usually does the trick!!
 
I see, it says "the TSA is required by law to inspect all checked baggage. As part of this process, some bags are opened and physically inspected".
 
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I see, it says "the TSA is required by law to inspect all checked baggage. As part of this process, some bags are opened and physically inspected".

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What happens when a bag has a lock on it and you check the bag and something comes up on the scan, do they rip the bag open?
 
Yes. On the slip of paper that they put in your bag says "If the TSA scanner was unable to open your bag for inspection because it was locked, the screener may have been forced to break the locks on your bag. TSA sincerely regrets having to do this, and has taken care to reseal your bag upon completion of inspection. However, TSA is not liable for damage to your locks resulting from this necessary security precaution."
 
And what was the percentage of airports that plan to opt-out of using TSA come the fall?
 
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Yes. On the slip of paper that they put in your bag says "If the TSA scanner was unable to open your bag for inspection because it was locked, the screener may have been forced to break the locks on your bag. TSA sincerely regrets having to do this, and has taken care to reseal your bag upon completion of inspection. However, TSA is not liable for damage to your locks resulting from this necessary security precaution."

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I guess now it should read "If the TSA scanner really liked what he/she saw in your bag they may have "confiscated" it due to security/personal interests"
 
Yeah, I saw it on the news. When I was 4 years old we wanted to take my brand-new super nintendo on the overhead bin but they refused to lets us due to weight restrictions. Turns out when we arrived home and got our baggage we went to checkout our stuff and the box and the package was all ripped up and my video game was gone. The airline didn't take responsibility for it and no one else did either. Good to see these people were caught.
 
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