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To: Skywatcher who wrote (959)	11/17/2010 2:15:31 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1521

November 16, 2010 11:38 PM PST TSA plans modest changes to 'virtual strip searches' by Declan McCullagh An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight changes to its controversial new procedures. TSA administrator John Pistole said today that the agency will be "announcing some new policies" in the "near future" that will change the screening process for pilots, who have protested being forced to choose between a "virtual strip search" or an invasive pat-down a few minutes before they're handed the controls of a 975,000-pound kerosene-fueled missile in the form of a jumbo jet. (See our previous coverage.) But a TSA source told CNET this evening not to expect broader changes that would affect the general public. A....... Read more: news.cnet.com C-SPAN TSA hearing videos: c-span.org

To: Skywatcher who wrote (959)	11/17/2010 2:33:31 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1521

TSO saying "heads up, got a cutie for you" Last week, one of my flying partners (Captain with Skywest) was going through security at DEN with his 18 year daughter. As his daughter approached the detector, the TSO working the NoS said on his headset, "heads up, got a cutie for you." He then confronted the TSA clerk with what he said and that neither of us are going through the NoS. The TSA clerk said you must have misunderstood me. He said pat-down was pretty evasive, and his daughter felt uncomfortable. He is taking it up with Skywest, with this behavior. Normally, crews there go through a different screening area, but since he was with his daughter, he got to see the TSA clerks at their finest in Denver. flyertalk.com