So a guy who knew nothing about the airplane was supposed to check our procedures. Niiiiiiice. They should certainly send the full bill to the TSA and charge the officer with criminal negligence.
Thank goodness the damage was caught before someone launched and had ADC problems.
What would have happened if the TSA ######bag managed to damage the instruments but it wasn't visible or detected by the crew in the inspection.
And then something happened during the flight.
But, but, but, we were securing the aircraft.
By destroying it?
Yes, in order to secure the aircraft, it was necessary to destroy it.
Unbelievable. I was wrong. I thought that by increasing the pay and increasing the requirements to hold the job, they'd get better people.
Unfortunately, I was wrong.
Yet rampers continue to walk unscreened onto the ramp in many airports. Go TSA. You really can't make any more excuses for these people.
And of course, while passengers are taking off their shoes to put them into x-ray machines that don't detect explosives and being asked to dump liquids because some ######bag saw Die Hard III and thought they could do that on a plane, they're letting cargo go right into the belly of the aircraft unscreened.
I'd say shoot the sons of bitches in the head, but it'd do no good. They've already been lobotomized.
But if you think the US guys are bad, the Canadians are worse.
When the caterers go onto the aircraft to replenish things, they are wanded with a metal detector.
Uh, dumbasses, they could put anything they want inside the cart, which has about a bazillion pounds of aluminum cans and other things, and you don't check that out.
And talk about power tripping.
I sighed when they said they had to go through my bag and asked what the problem was. They said they didn't want to tell me. I said, look, if there's something you're looking for, I can help you find it. That will make things faster.
The beoatch called a supervisor over, and she threatened to have me arrested. And I said, for what? I'm American, but I don't believe that asking to help you find what you're looking for constitutes a violation of Canadian law, does it?
A cop wandered on over and said, what's going on here. I told him, and he said, tell him what you're looking for, let's look at it, and get this over with.
I thanked him, and she started to argue with him until he reminded her who had arrest power and who didn't.
It seems like real law enforcement, regardless of what country they are from, doesn't really hold the "security" screeners in high regard.