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TSA agent given desk job after being caught sleeping at the airport
New York writer Bucky Turco (of the awesome Animal New York blog) snapped this picture when he was waiting for a flight out of La Guardia airport. The TSA agent has obviously had a long day, and needed to catch some Z's, but failed to realize that doing this in the public departure lounge may not be the best place.
The agent has been reassigned to a desk job pending an investigation. I'm slightly torn on the issue (as are most other people talking about the incident). On the one hand, I understand how tough the job can be - a long day of screening people who still don't know about liquid bans will probably be enough to put anyone to sleep, but to do so in public is just plain stupid.
The TSA is having a pretty crappy month already - first they let someone enter Newark airport through a door that was supposed to be monitored, then someone passes into a secure area at JFK.
Article and photo source: Animal New York
Filed under: North America, United States, Airports
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SaigonNezumi(Kevin) Jan 29th 2010 5:30AM
You know, I personally would not have posted that picture. The blogger hit below the belt on this one in my opinion.
TSA has a tough job, we know that. As long as she was off duty or on a break, lets just give her some slack. The blogger even admitted he did not know she was on break. He could have asked. Instead, he just created another problem for TSA...
Nick Jan 30th 2010 7:02PM
It seems there's no end to the problems within the TSA. Here's a story I read this morning on CNN website on how some air marshals have been caught discriminating against crew members by classifying them into some pretty weird and degrading "categories" on a message board:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/30/florida.tsa.investigation/index.html?hpt=T2
First off, how can we trust someone to protect us and the airplanes if they involve themselves into such lowly activity. And secondly, after this, how will the TSA ever be able to say it does not carry out demeaning passenger profiling when they can't even prevent prevent profiling within their own ranks.
Sheila Jan 31st 2010 12:01AM
Anyone who can feel pity for the TSA does not travel very frequently! I see such breaches all the time!! I, too, have seen them asleep at their posts, or so involved in talking to their colleagues that they aren't even watching my bag going through the scanner.
Now the latest news to hit the airwaves is that they need a raise. Are you kidding me? I would suggest some accountability on the job before anymore damage is done!