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Originally Posted by Inkedadeal
This is why I am so bothered by the baggage handling issues. See, to me anyway, the security issue is one that should not be compromised. I need to take off flip-flops, for Pete's sake, and walk through a metal detector barefoot. We have airports that are implementing full-body screening for passengers (with undies outlined et al). Every airport has cameras in every station except the bathrooms (and I am not so sure there aren't cameras there as well somewhere) to protect against threats and secure our safety, right? So if we go through all of these things as passengers, no matter how ridiculous, why is it a stretch for the airlines (and I'll say it- the unions) to implement measures to ensure the same level of security on the other side of the airport?
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Airline and airport employees absolutely do go through TSA screening if they work on the sterile side. In many airports the employees have their own TSA checkpoint which is not in the public area. Here in Phoenix terminal two doesn't have a dedicated employee checkpoint so I often see employees going through security with the rest of the passengers. Once I was behind a guy who was re-stocking one of the shops behind security. All of the items he was bringing in, newspapers, magazines, candy, etc., were x-rayd. I jokingly pointed out to one of the screeners that the bottled water was larger than 3 ounces. The TSA employee didn't think it was very funny!