TSA- T.welve year old S.exually A.bused

Another example of the TSA hiring the best of the best of the best. The TSA's job is to screen people to ensure they aren't a threat- period. It has to be counted as a fail when their crack HR screening process hires a child molester.
Here's a clue- he's 57 and has a MySpace page. Yeah, no additional followup needed there.

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'No Fly? No Problem!' Motto Officially Put into Service

At TSAFail, we said it before and we'll say it again. If they let the bad guy onto the plane, they at least know where he is for a few hours.
The part of the full story below, about 'mistaken identity' is a bit of a misnomer. Since the no-fly lists contain only names right now, anyone with a matching name is a potential suspect. The identity is correct- the abject lack of useful information on the no-fly list is the mistaken part. They are a suspect until someone does further screening and somehow determines that the name on the list is not the person standing in front of them. Or the person who was just given a boarding pass. Or the person who was cleared through security. Or the person who is stowing their items in the overhead and settling into their seat. Or the person whose plane is three hours into it's flight out of the country.

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TSA 'Sniffer Dog' Demoted to 'Dog'

The TSA's best in show is now apparently best for show. Sniffer dogs that have failed twice are now to be used as visual deterrents.
Deterrent to what? Traveling with cats?

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It's Only a Trade if Both Parties Know About It.

A laptop for a screening wand? That's like turning down the cash Monty Hall offered you and ending up with a goat. It is harder to tell what is the larger fail here. Is it the theft by TSA Officers, or is it TSA Officers who are so bumbling that they leave their own equipment at the scene of the crime?
It is good to see that the TSA has their mommy put their logo on their toys though- just in case they lose them again.

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With Diligent Work, the TSA Now Catches...

some zzzzzz's.
One would think that the person in charge of an organization plagued with the image problems like those of the TSA, would not allow something like this.
Oh right- no one is currently in charge of the TSA.

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You Just got Punk'd by the TSA

No word if the role of joking TSA agent was played by Ashton Kutcher.
The good news is that the agent in question was there to train other officers.
Hopefully, after more 'training' the traveling public can look forward to closeup magic and juggling in addition to the candid camera humor.

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TSA Sniffer Dogs- Best in Show

Tigers would make a better visual deterrent. No word on whether the TSA is issuing sequined uniforms to Siegfried and Roy.

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If it Needs a Reaction- The TSA is There to Overreact

Or why the TSA can't trust it's own screening...
One only has to read the story below to know there is a fail in it. But what fail could that be? What the story doesn't state and what is misleadingly stated in the TSA quote in the third paragraph, is that the door led to a sterile area- from a sterile area.
That's right. JFK's terminal 8 Admiral's Lounge is in the secure area of the airport- on the other side of the TSA's screening area.
For the TSA, the best way to deal with someone who has gone through the wrong door after being screened and assumed to be safe, is obviously to evacuate a terminal and double check everyone they have already screened- just in case they missed something.

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TSA Inspects Passenger- Leaves the Gun

No information on whether TSA takes the cannoli.

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New TSA Slogan- No Fly List? No Problem.

The TSA has to deal with a lot of people on no fly lists. But if they let them onto the airplane... at least they know where they are for a few hours.

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TSA Drug Trifecta

3 TSA drug related stories in under a week. Cheech thinks its time to slow down. Chong at TSA recruitment center and unavailable for comment.

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So Long as They Got His Toothpaste

TSA now requires passengers to self screen themselves for explosives.

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TSA- T.oo S.hort an A.nswer

Clearing a terminal, rescreening thousands, 6 hour delays, international disruption of flights- one sentence should cover it. Hopefully the Port Authority Police got a version on nice stationary.

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TSA Does Half the Job

Maybe 25% since they did actually let the supposedly suspicious person on the plane. Passengers still left holding 100% of the bag.

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Two Positives Make A Negative

Time to clean the scanner.

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TSA- T.aking S.ubstances A.ll the Time

Two days and two in a row. Chances that a TSA agent has been high more than you? The magic 8 ball says 'signs point to yes'.

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Hiring the Best of the Best of the Best

TSA now officially afraid of the TSA.

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If It's Under 3 Ounces, Is It Still OK?

On the plus side, he could still recite the company's mission statement.

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No One Really Knows How to Program Their VCR...

...or use a phone book, or 411, or perhaps how to ask one of the 100s of Continental reps in the 2nd busiest Continental hub for help.

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20 Layers of Fail

Since they seem to be doing all the work, isn't it time to promote 'passengers' to the front of this chart?

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TSA- Keeping America Safe From the Wind

When you are the 104th busiest airport in the nation, and you can't reach the ghostbusters- who you gonna call?

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Luggage Scare Caused By- Luggage.

Apparently, no one explained the procedures to the dog.

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The Sweet Smell of Security

Imagine if he had brought the bees.

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Play-D'OH!!

Modeling clay in the hands of a Louisiana family- who knows what could happen?

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TSA closes barn door once the cow leaves

MOOO!

Newark TSA guard stepped out for a phone call- can you hear me now?

A phone call? And there is only one guy watching the exit?

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