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Had a just dandy airport weekend - I may start driving from PDX to SJC.
In PDX TSA was going through just about every other piece of checked luggage. I had to loiter there for 15 minutes before I was requested to prive key to my gun case. TSA even turns on your video camcorder to see if it really is a video camcorder (someone else's luggage). My garment bag was searched too.
Was in security line, a Frenchman behind me. He seemed to not mind the sheep search. I pointed out that there are lots of devices not caught by their scanners/search. I said once one of these items is used, we'll have to take off our clothes and put on organge jump suits to make certain we have nopthing on us. He seems to like that idea - pulling my leg???
Highlight was the co-pilot who knew HK Corp and its tool portfolio. Indicated to me that he had a MP5. Did not have real time to chat thought (I was wearing my HK polo-shirt.
The flight back - SJC requires that you give your unlocked gun case to Airline worker who takes it to TSA, who are to lock it and then I get the key back. I've argued. but being behind enemy lines I just deal with it - lest I get to say in the PRK longer than I care to.
I had the firearm in case with slide locked back. make it painfully obvious that gun is a gun that is unloaded. No need for TSA to handle the gun - or rack the slide to see for themselves. Yea right.
Get to PDX - wait long time for gun case. Last person there still waiting for gun case at luggage turnstile.
Go to airline baggage Customer Service and ask for my gun case. Oh, looky there it is on the counter. Looks a bit strange. Oh, s&*T, the case has been broken - where the case is hinged for opening, the hinge is broken. One lip (both lips of the hinge are attached to 4 or 5 screws - top lip is no longer attached to the screws.
I check to see if gun is still in the case. I them unlock the case and notice that the gun has its slide no longer locked back - TSA touched it I guess. TSA also did not tumble the combination lock (case has double lock, key and combination - yes each controls a seperate locking device.)
Airline CS cut me a check for the case right there- they were very nice about it. So no complaints there. I'll send a nice CS letter - they only did their job, but I've been in CS and also had a nice letter to VP level for just doing my CS job back the.
Now - was the case tampered with in SJC or PDX. Did crock(s) see it was a gun and said ' we do not want that since the teads will not be involved if stolen'. Meaning that the croock's were looking for other valuables not triggering a Federal investigation in to their little operation?
I've contacted the manufacture - letting them know how the case failed, if I have some warranty, where to get a new one and if they want the broken one sent back for their own internal forensics?
I've taken digital pics for my records.
Should I, or which Federal.ORG group to I contact on this?
I'm still pissed about the case - had it for 3 years and only known of 1 attempt to see what is in case - but not like this.
In PDX TSA was going through just about every other piece of checked luggage. I had to loiter there for 15 minutes before I was requested to prive key to my gun case. TSA even turns on your video camcorder to see if it really is a video camcorder (someone else's luggage). My garment bag was searched too.
Was in security line, a Frenchman behind me. He seemed to not mind the sheep search. I pointed out that there are lots of devices not caught by their scanners/search. I said once one of these items is used, we'll have to take off our clothes and put on organge jump suits to make certain we have nopthing on us. He seems to like that idea - pulling my leg???
Highlight was the co-pilot who knew HK Corp and its tool portfolio. Indicated to me that he had a MP5. Did not have real time to chat thought (I was wearing my HK polo-shirt.
The flight back - SJC requires that you give your unlocked gun case to Airline worker who takes it to TSA, who are to lock it and then I get the key back. I've argued. but being behind enemy lines I just deal with it - lest I get to say in the PRK longer than I care to.
I had the firearm in case with slide locked back. make it painfully obvious that gun is a gun that is unloaded. No need for TSA to handle the gun - or rack the slide to see for themselves. Yea right.
Get to PDX - wait long time for gun case. Last person there still waiting for gun case at luggage turnstile.
Go to airline baggage Customer Service and ask for my gun case. Oh, looky there it is on the counter. Looks a bit strange. Oh, s&*T, the case has been broken - where the case is hinged for opening, the hinge is broken. One lip (both lips of the hinge are attached to 4 or 5 screws - top lip is no longer attached to the screws.
I check to see if gun is still in the case. I them unlock the case and notice that the gun has its slide no longer locked back - TSA touched it I guess. TSA also did not tumble the combination lock (case has double lock, key and combination - yes each controls a seperate locking device.)
Airline CS cut me a check for the case right there- they were very nice about it. So no complaints there. I'll send a nice CS letter - they only did their job, but I've been in CS and also had a nice letter to VP level for just doing my CS job back the.
Now - was the case tampered with in SJC or PDX. Did crock(s) see it was a gun and said ' we do not want that since the teads will not be involved if stolen'. Meaning that the croock's were looking for other valuables not triggering a Federal investigation in to their little operation?
I've contacted the manufacture - letting them know how the case failed, if I have some warranty, where to get a new one and if they want the broken one sent back for their own internal forensics?
I've taken digital pics for my records.
Should I, or which Federal.ORG group to I contact on this?
I'm still pissed about the case - had it for 3 years and only known of 1 attempt to see what is in case - but not like this.