How many of u get nervous when going through security...

Joshua949 · August 9th, 2003, 17:00

Sometimes ..most of the time..i will become nervous when going through security..even though i know that i'm fine...i mean..i dont carry..or never want to carry bombs or guns or anything like that through security...even though i know i'm innocent i still become nervous...but lately i have been calming & relaxing more when going through security & stuff b/c i have been flying more....

EatSleepFly · August 9th, 2003, 17:09

I get nervous. I have a sarcastic, no B.S. type personality, and now, if I say something that they feel was threatening (although those of you who know/have seen me know I'm not much of a threat), they can tell me to hand over my certificates and ratings, and once that happens, its doubtful I'd ever get them back.

JDMcFly · August 9th, 2003, 17:09

I always get nervous that it's gonna beep, not that I'll get in trouble but that people will get annoyed!.

I've never had the detectors go off, though I haven't been through the new "super hyperactive detecting a small piece of lint" detectors yet.

stuckingfk · August 9th, 2003, 17:18

Never do get nervous going through the things. I don't see a reason to get nervous either.

On a side note, those metal detectors need to be standardized. Half the time they will go off and the other half they will not.

I used to go through security every day when I worked at McCarron International. Everyday I wore the same thing (uniform for work) and if I had my watch on, it would go off sometimes and other times it wouldn't. I had no other metal on so it was kind of frustrating so I would shed metalic stuff before going through so it was quick and easy. They never did hassle us, which was nice.

Eagle · August 9th, 2003, 17:26

I do a bunch of shooting. So I know that some of my jackets and such would 'hit' on a residue test (I have had my laptop swiped and tested at the gate, and this the the same laptop that I use to keep score at the range.

With traces of lead styphnate, barium nitrates and antimony sulfide, I am still amaized that I haven't been stopped more often... But then again I do EVERYTHING in my power to not fly on a 121 airline.

John · August 9th, 2003, 18:39

Whenever I go through I think that it will beep and it just scares the heck out of me because I never know if something I am carrying/wearing will set it off, then you get all of these stupid people looking at you like you just went through a store security scanner when it beeps like it is a huge crime to have a watch on or something else metal accedentally left on.

E_Dawg · August 9th, 2003, 19:51

I always seem to set those things off too....

Jack · August 9th, 2003, 22:09

I don't get nervous. I get pissed off.

flycanuck · August 9th, 2003, 22:15

only when i am carrying illegal stuff into the U.S of A.

kostcoguy · August 9th, 2003, 22:29

I get nervous that I am carrying something that I don't know that I am carrying, example: my brother had just gotten back from going camping and hadn't thoroughly gone through his backpack and had a pretty big 6 inch blade in it, you can imagine what happened then.

Mr_Creepy · August 9th, 2003, 22:43

I agree with EatSleepFly

I do not like the invasion of privacey and hassles that pilots get going through security. Especially now that we have the TSA nazis.

I hate it horribly. It will sometimes make me drive rather than fly.

Especially up north. The southern TSA folks seem to be more relaxed. The MCO TSA are always polite and respectful.

Joshua949 · August 9th, 2003, 22:46

I also would have to agree with john_tenney...b/c i live here in Raleigh, NC, & I depart from RDU (Raleigh/Durham Intl.) all the time when i fly...by the way...rdu has a website called... rdu.com ....

but yes...the southern TSA are more relaxed compared to the northeners b/c i just recently flew to JFK the week before last & i noticed a great difference..

Adam · August 9th, 2003, 23:20

I just had some people I know go on vacation and they got threw security with alot of banned items like pocket knife, nail clippers, nail file. They obviously didn't know that these items were banned, but I just think its funny that they didn't say anything about them. On the way back at another airport they confiscated all of that stuff.

Sprint100 · August 10th, 2003, 00:22

LOL. I never get nervous going through a security check. Not just because I am clean, but I was born and raised in Inglewood and you have to come harder than that. The only thing that gets me shaking is seeing the officer reach for handcuffs while looking at me LOL.

MikeD · August 10th, 2003, 02:33

Back in my airline days, I used to have to fly a UPS route out to Yuma, AZ on Sat morning and leave the plane at YUM. I'd then jump on Mesa/America West Express back to PHX (going back out on Monday morning to bring cargo back). Funny thing was that I'd have to go through security screening at YUM to board the 1900. Then when I arrived at Terminal 4 at PHX and got off the 1900, I (and everyone else) had to go through security screening AGAIN just to enter Terminal 4.

Overkill, IMO.

Timbuff10 · August 10th, 2003, 02:43

When I have time, I like to leave my hat on, walk through and drag my feet on the ground, put my hands in my pockets, and kick the machine as i walk passed it.

It has been well over 7 months now since I quit working for the TSA and I have still not recieved my seperation pay! Dept of labor cant help, local news channels cant help, im just screwed!

DOWN WITH THE TSA ! ! ! !

Eagle · August 10th, 2003, 06:49

We were picking up a pax at BOS when I was flying the citation. The captain and I waked in off the ramp in to he FBO, passed thru security to get into the building. When it came time to leave we had to go thru the metal defectives so we both put keys etc in the basket. The Capt had a Swiss army knife. The first trip, they didn’t say a word. When we dropped the pax off later that night. They thru a fit, “ you can’t go out there with that knife” Umm hello? You let us IN with that knife, and as Don said, pointing to the airplane, I am the pilot of **THAT** airplane, do you think I am going to hijack myself?

Adam · August 10th, 2003, 11:01

[ QUOTE ]
I am the pilot of **THAT** airplane, do you think I am going to hijack myself?

[/ QUOTE ]

Im surprised they didn't throw him to the ground and read him his rights for saying that!!!!

eodfe · August 10th, 2003, 16:51

Where I work, we work with explosives all the time, mainly C-4. One of our guys was flying to his reserve duty and went through security at the airport,they did a sniff test on his gear and came up with a positive. He explained what his job was, they searched all his gear, stripped searched him, found nothing and he still had to get permission from the Pilot to board the airplane. The Pilot was cool, of course, and once my buddy explained his job he had no problem boarding the plane.

tonyw · August 10th, 2003, 20:51

It's not as bad as it used to be anymore. I just skate on through for the most part. One thing that was truly messed up, though, was how they made me take off my Tevas to x-ray them. I'm like, you poor bastard, you have to smell these things as they pass out of the machine?

And I feel bad for the guy behind me who had to put his suit jacket on the belt right after my shoes!

EatSleepFly · August 10th, 2003, 20:57

I rather enjoy putting my smelly shoes on there. And I ALWAYS pack my suitcase for a return trip full of dirty clothes. Then they get a nice whiff when they open it up to mess it all up.

If they would learn how to pack everything back neatly, I would wash it. Since they screw it all up anyways, why bother?

tonyw · August 10th, 2003, 22:11

You know, they haven't really gone through my bags in a long time. The funny thing with my Tevas is that the guy who was moving people through the line told me to take them off. Well, the guy doing the x-raying saw this, and he gave the other guy a dirty look.

The only bomb that I could have had in those shoes was a stink bomb!

I guess it's a good thing that Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, didn't put explosives up his butt, otherwise...

I_Money · August 10th, 2003, 22:50

I have travelled so much that going through security is really is a none event. I make an effort to make sure I will not set off the metal detector. I have only once been patted down which was a week after 9/11 when they did it to eveyone. I guess my behaviour shows I am a fun loving chap and really no threat.

Saying that there was one time I was very nervous going through security. It was when I was bringing fluffy (my goldfish) home. It was a well planned operation however if they had looked in my bag I would have probably got quite a telling off. The scariest part was customs there was a LOT flight going through with us (this was in ORD) and there seemed to be pulling a lot of people a side to check their bags, when the lady said 'welcome home Mr. Holmes' it came a great relief. For all you who are interested Fluffy is still doing very well - he is no 2 years old which is 365 times the average life expectancy of fair goldfish.

MissedApproach · August 10th, 2003, 23:37

[ QUOTE ]
Fluffy is still doing very well - he is no 2 years old which is 365 times the average life expectancy of fair goldfish.

[/ QUOTE ] Good for him

BTW, How do you know "he's" a "him"?

Kristie · August 11th, 2003, 23:45

Fluffy's 2 years old! wow... hard to believe he made it through that ordeal and still lives to tell the tale!!

you must really pamper him!

August 9th, 2003, 17:00	#1
Joshua949 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Posts: 317	How many of u get nervous when going through security... Sometimes ..most of the time..i will become nervous when going through security..even though i know that i'm fine...i mean..i dont carry..or never want to carry bombs or guns or anything like that through security...even though i know i'm innocent i still become nervous...but lately i have been calming & relaxing more when going through security & stuff b/c i have been flying more....

August 9th, 2003, 17:09	#2
EatSleepFly Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ?? Posts: 4,600	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I get nervous. I have a sarcastic, no B.S. type personality, and now, if I say something that they feel was threatening (although those of you who know/have seen me know I'm not much of a threat), they can tell me to hand over my certificates and ratings, and once that happens, its doubtful I'd ever get them back.

August 9th, 2003, 17:09	#3
JDMcFly Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New York Posts: 1,694	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I always get nervous that it's gonna beep, not that I'll get in trouble but that people will get annoyed!. I've never had the detectors go off, though I haven't been through the new "super hyperactive detecting a small piece of lint" detectors yet.

August 9th, 2003, 17:18	#4
stuckingfk Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: El Forko Grande Posts: 2,630	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... Never do get nervous going through the things. I don't see a reason to get nervous either. On a side note, those metal detectors need to be standardized. Half the time they will go off and the other half they will not. I used to go through security every day when I worked at McCarron International. Everyday I wore the same thing (uniform for work) and if I had my watch on, it would go off sometimes and other times it wouldn't. I had no other metal on so it was kind of frustrating so I would shed metalic stuff before going through so it was quick and easy. They never did hassle us, which was nice.

August 9th, 2003, 17:26	#5
Eagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,272	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I do a bunch of shooting. So I know that some of my jackets and such would 'hit' on a residue test (I have had my laptop swiped and tested at the gate, and this the the same laptop that I use to keep score at the range. With traces of lead styphnate, barium nitrates and antimony sulfide, I am still amaized that I haven't been stopped more often... But then again I do EVERYTHING in my power to not fly on a 121 airline.

August 9th, 2003, 18:39	#6
John Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CYSN/KBUF/CYYZ Posts: 321	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... Whenever I go through I think that it will beep and it just scares the heck out of me because I never know if something I am carrying/wearing will set it off, then you get all of these stupid people looking at you like you just went through a store security scanner when it beeps like it is a huge crime to have a watch on or something else metal accedentally left on.

August 9th, 2003, 19:51	#7
E_Dawg Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 4,311	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I always seem to set those things off too....

August 9th, 2003, 22:09	#8
Jack Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 102	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I don't get nervous. I get pissed off.

August 9th, 2003, 22:15	#9
flycanuck Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada (CYXU) Posts: 245	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... only when i am carrying illegal stuff into the U.S of A.

August 9th, 2003, 22:29	#10
kostcoguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Orange County Posts: 336	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I get nervous that I am carrying something that I don't know that I am carrying, example: my brother had just gotten back from going camping and hadn't thoroughly gone through his backpack and had a pretty big 6 inch blade in it, you can imagine what happened then.

August 9th, 2003, 22:43	#11
Mr_Creepy Old Skool Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the O-zone Posts: 5,810	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I agree with EatSleepFly I do not like the invasion of privacey and hassles that pilots get going through security. Especially now that we have the TSA nazis. I hate it horribly. It will sometimes make me drive rather than fly. Especially up north. The southern TSA folks seem to be more relaxed. The MCO TSA are always polite and respectful.

August 9th, 2003, 22:46	#12
Joshua949 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Posts: 317	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I also would have to agree with john_tenney...b/c i live here in Raleigh, NC, & I depart from RDU (Raleigh/Durham Intl.) all the time when i fly...by the way...rdu has a website called... rdu.com .... but yes...the southern TSA are more relaxed compared to the northeners b/c i just recently flew to JFK the week before last & i noticed a great difference..

August 9th, 2003, 23:20	#13
Adam Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northeast Philly Posts: 52	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I just had some people I know go on vacation and they got threw security with alot of banned items like pocket knife, nail clippers, nail file. They obviously didn't know that these items were banned, but I just think its funny that they didn't say anything about them. On the way back at another airport they confiscated all of that stuff.

August 10th, 2003, 00:22	#14
Sprint100 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In my Cozy garage Posts: 6,272	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... LOL. I never get nervous going through a security check. Not just because I am clean, but I was born and raised in Inglewood and you have to come harder than that. The only thing that gets me shaking is seeing the officer reach for handcuffs while looking at me LOL.

August 10th, 2003, 02:33	#15
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... Back in my airline days, I used to have to fly a UPS route out to Yuma, AZ on Sat morning and leave the plane at YUM. I'd then jump on Mesa/America West Express back to PHX (going back out on Monday morning to bring cargo back). Funny thing was that I'd have to go through security screening at YUM to board the 1900. Then when I arrived at Terminal 4 at PHX and got off the 1900, I (and everyone else) had to go through security screening AGAIN just to enter Terminal 4. Overkill, IMO.

August 10th, 2003, 02:43	#16
Timbuff10 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Coloradan in Orange County, CA Posts: 3,235	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... When I have time, I like to leave my hat on, walk through and drag my feet on the ground, put my hands in my pockets, and kick the machine as i walk passed it. It has been well over 7 months now since I quit working for the TSA and I have still not recieved my seperation pay! Dept of labor cant help, local news channels cant help, im just screwed! DOWN WITH THE TSA ! ! ! !

August 10th, 2003, 06:49	#17
Eagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,272	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... We were picking up a pax at BOS when I was flying the citation. The captain and I waked in off the ramp in to he FBO, passed thru security to get into the building. When it came time to leave we had to go thru the metal defectives so we both put keys etc in the basket. The Capt had a Swiss army knife. The first trip, they didn’t say a word. When we dropped the pax off later that night. They thru a fit, “ you can’t go out there with that knife” Umm hello? You let us IN with that knife, and as Don said, pointing to the airplane, I am the pilot of THAT airplane, do you think I am going to hijack myself?

August 10th, 2003, 11:01	#18
Adam Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northeast Philly Posts: 52	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... [ QUOTE ] I am the pilot of THAT airplane, do you think I am going to hijack myself? [/ QUOTE ] Im surprised they didn't throw him to the ground and read him his rights for saying that!!!!

August 10th, 2003, 16:51	#19
eodfe Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Centennial, Colorado Posts: 165	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... Where I work, we work with explosives all the time, mainly C-4. One of our guys was flying to his reserve duty and went through security at the airport,they did a sniff test on his gear and came up with a positive. He explained what his job was, they searched all his gear, stripped searched him, found nothing and he still had to get permission from the Pilot to board the airplane. The Pilot was cool, of course, and once my buddy explained his job he had no problem boarding the plane.

August 10th, 2003, 20:51	#20
tonyw Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 15,922	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... It's not as bad as it used to be anymore. I just skate on through for the most part. One thing that was truly messed up, though, was how they made me take off my Tevas to x-ray them. I'm like, you poor bastard, you have to smell these things as they pass out of the machine? And I feel bad for the guy behind me who had to put his suit jacket on the belt right after my shoes!

August 10th, 2003, 20:57	#21
EatSleepFly Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ?? Posts: 4,600	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I rather enjoy putting my smelly shoes on there. And I ALWAYS pack my suitcase for a return trip full of dirty clothes. Then they get a nice whiff when they open it up to mess it all up. If they would learn how to pack everything back neatly, I would wash it. Since they screw it all up anyways, why bother?

August 10th, 2003, 22:11	#22
tonyw Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 15,922	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... You know, they haven't really gone through my bags in a long time. The funny thing with my Tevas is that the guy who was moving people through the line told me to take them off. Well, the guy doing the x-raying saw this, and he gave the other guy a dirty look. The only bomb that I could have had in those shoes was a stink bomb! I guess it's a good thing that Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, didn't put explosives up his butt, otherwise...

August 10th, 2003, 22:50	#23
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,691	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... I have travelled so much that going through security is really is a none event. I make an effort to make sure I will not set off the metal detector. I have only once been patted down which was a week after 9/11 when they did it to eveyone. I guess my behaviour shows I am a fun loving chap and really no threat. Saying that there was one time I was very nervous going through security. It was when I was bringing fluffy (my goldfish) home. It was a well planned operation however if they had looked in my bag I would have probably got quite a telling off. The scariest part was customs there was a LOT flight going through with us (this was in ORD) and there seemed to be pulling a lot of people a side to check their bags, when the lady said 'welcome home Mr. Holmes' it came a great relief. For all you who are interested Fluffy is still doing very well - he is no 2 years old which is 365 times the average life expectancy of fair goldfish.

August 10th, 2003, 23:37	#24
MissedApproach Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 540	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... [ QUOTE ] Fluffy is still doing very well - he is no 2 years old which is 365 times the average life expectancy of fair goldfish. [/ QUOTE ] Good for him BTW, How do you know "he's" a "him"?

August 11th, 2003, 23:45	#25
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 19,291 Blog Entries: 3	Re: How many of u get nervous when going through security... Fluffy's 2 years old! wow... hard to believe he made it through that ordeal and still lives to tell the tale!! you must really pamper him!

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