Comments on: Clear Card Ceases

By: harkin

harkin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:43:29 +0000

Very strange. Just a few weeks ago a Clear rep approached me at (I think) Denver airport and asked if I was a frequent flyer for a specific airline, if so (he said) I was eligible for a free Clear acct. I fly about six times a month and I told him I was not a member of the specific airlines FF program but that I was a member of four others. He asked which and when I told him he said one of those would be eligible in about a month and to check back at their security station in a few weeks.

For what it's worth, the Clear line was almost always empty or near empty.

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:34:49 +0000

lol, I think we all on the watch list now.....

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:09:43 +0000

After they were done with him, they went after a lady and her unauthorized shampoo.

Probably the most ludicrous of the remaining security provisions. I read the protocol for the explosive that was the genesis of that rule and it is beyond belief that it could successfully be performed on a passenger flight. (Over an hour of stirring in an ice bath and evaporating off all of the water are both involved before you get the crystals that could then be packed into and used in an explosive devise.)

By: Herb

Herb — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:26:32 +0000

Last time I went on a plane, I stood in line behind a guy with a wheelchair...a wheelchair provided by DFW airport, no less...and rather than speeding things up, a security bottleneck formed as they practically disassembled this airport-provided wheelchair serving for improvised explosive devices. After they were done with him, they went after a lady and her unauthorized shampoo. Then I looked over at my Mom, and the TSA had her standing over in the security area, shoes off, arms out, wanding her down like some jihadi drug smuggler with yellowcake sewn into the cuffs of her pants. My MOM! A calm and decent grandmotherly type who works for the federal government. I haven't flown since. Someday I hope to be a "presumed traveler" again instead of a "presumed terrorist," but I fear that "security theater" is the new normal.

By: hcantrall

hcantrall — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:48:20 +0000

Wow, aren't people ridiculous. It would never occur to me to do such a thing lol

By: sam

sam — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:22:25 +0000

Well, there's always the "wheelchair" gambit. My brother-in-law is a flight attendant, and he and his co-workers refer to flights to Orlando as "miracle flights": folks get on in wheelchairs and walk off on arrival.