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TSA's New $45 Fee at U.S. Airports Unfairly Punishes Families in the Fine Print

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15 points stn8188 | 2 comments | 03 Dec 25 18:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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stn8188 ◴[03 Dec 25 18:36 UTC] No.46138181[source]▶
I think this was already discussed recently, but I find this quote in the article very interesting:

"Passengers don't listen, a lot of them think the TSA is a joke. The fines are a way to enforce the rules for the REAL ID," the former TSA officer told TheTravel.

I've got one very concrete reason why I do think the TSA is a joke. They list a Veterans Affairs health ID card as valid ID even after this new Real ID rule. Despite that, I was forced to go thru "extra screening" in Austin because a bunch of agents were not aware of this (even though I had a print out of the website). Even in the TSA press release announcing this new fee still lists the VA ID as sufficient, but I'll forever just recall the complete lack of professionalism and knowledge of these agents.

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1. duxup ◴[03 Dec 25 18:56 UTC] No.46138446[source]▶
TSA is a joke.

I've gone through more than one airport where TSA had someone yelling at everyone to keep their shoes on ... then like 20 feet later an angry TSA guy yelling at people things like "haven't you ever flown before, take off your shoes".

I dared mention that the other TSA agent up the line was telling people something different ... TSA just ignored me.

And what is the delay in those lines? It's always the scanner speed, not the people. People are usually rushing, and then just stand there and wait.

TSA operates like elementary school hall monitors all too often.

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2. Simulacra ◴[03 Dec 25 20:08 UTC] No.46139386[source]▶
TSA has little to no accountability and once in the web little to no recourse.