US airport security agents are better at finding sex toys in luggage than firearms, according to two recent cases.
A female passenger has reported that agents at Newark Airport apparently discovered her vibrating sex toy when they searched her checked luggage.
She learned this on arriving at her destination when she opened her bag and found a worker had written the cryptic message “Get your freak on girl” in black ink on the back of an official inspection notice printed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The passenger told US media outlet ABC News that she found the note “offensive” and had decided to file a complaint with the TSA.
“I hope they do see the complaint, they’ll look into it and remind their staff that going through people’s personal belongings is a responsibility that should be treated with some modicum of professionalism,” she said.
Vibrators are apparently easier to spot than handguns. A number of those have slipped through the system. TSA screeners missed a loaded gun inside a checked bag at Los Angeles International Airport this week.
Newspaper USA Today reported that a luggage ramp crew was loading an Alaska Airlines flight to Portland, Oregon, when – surprise! – a loaded .38-calibre pistol tumbled out of a duffel bag.
It turns out that the TSA screens for firearms in carry-on bags but is not responsible for screening for firearms in checked luggage – an apparent loophole.
Meanwhile, complaints about pilfering of valuable items in transit, like laptops and jewellery, are on the rise. Some 67,000 passengers have filed loss claims against the TSA since 2003. Some of the missing items may be handguns.
Written by : Peter Needham
(Source: egloblatravelmedia.com.au)
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