Carry-on and secondary screening

If I am selected for secondary screening by the TSA, can I retrieve my
carry-on, shoes, jacket, etc. from the belt before the additional
screening? I haven't flown in a while, and I was thinking of emptying
my pockets including wallet into my carry-on. Does it just sit at the
end of the belt, vulnerable to theft, while the secondary
screening/pat-down/third-degree occurs?

wrote:

If I am selected for secondary screening by the TSA, can I retrieve my
carry-on, shoes, jacket, etc. from the belt before the additional
screening?

No.

I haven't flown in a while, and I was thinking of emptying
my pockets including wallet into my carry-on. Does it just sit at the
end of the belt, vulnerable to theft, while the secondary
screening/pat-down/third-degree occurs?

The screeners are supposed to let you identify (but not touch) your items and
set them aside so that someone else can't walk away with them.

wrote:

If I am selected for secondary screening by the TSA, can I retrieve my
carry-on, shoes, jacket, etc. from the belt before the additional
screening?

No.

I haven't flown in a while, and I was thinking of emptying
my pockets including wallet into my carry-on. Does it just sit at the
end of the belt, vulnerable to theft, while the secondary
screening/pat-down/third-degree occurs?

The screeners are supposed to let you identify (but not touch) your items and
set them aside so that someone else can't walk away with them.

Clark W. Griswold, Jr. wrote:
wrote:

If I am selected for secondary screening by the TSA, can I retrieve
my
carry-on, shoes, jacket, etc. from the belt before the additional
screening?

No.

I haven't flown in a while, and I was thinking of emptying
my pockets including wallet into my carry-on. Does it just sit at
the
end of the belt, vulnerable to theft, while the secondary
screening/pat-down/third-degree occurs?

The screeners are supposed to let you identify (but not touch) your
items and
set them aside so that someone else can't walk away with them.

Don't count on it! I just came back through New Orleans,.with a double
line of screeners and 50 people backed up. A table behind the
screeners, with one person asking, "Is this your"s? This? THat one?
Point out what you want." sheesh! ANd it was around aa corner,
certainly not in sight.

And, don't put your wallet in the bins or carry-ons. There's no metal
in your wallet, is there?

All my "pocket items" (not wallet) go into an outer pocket of my
computer carry-on case, and then with a lock on the compartment - .
(keys, watch, pens, change), Don't count on them being always in your
sight. Those TSA room dividers, folding tables, etc., are still
amateurishly improvised.

Although I do, if selected for secondary "special" screening, politely
request the TSA droid to grab my bag and computer from the belt and
place them on the floor within my sight. Seems to confuse most of
them, but I insist.

All my "pocket items" (not wallet) go into an outer pocket of my
computer carry-on case, and then with a lock on the compartment -
(keys, watch, pens, change), Don't count on them being always in
your sight. Those TSA room dividers, folding tables, etc., are still
amateurishly improvised.

Although I do, if selected for secondary "special" screening, politely
request the TSA droid to grab my bag and computer from the belt
and place them on the floor within my sight. Seems to confuse most
of them, but I insist.

And if they refuse, politely ask to see their supervisor. Having your
items within view while being groped is a reasonable request.


Casey

All my "pocket items" (not wallet) go into an outer pocket of my
computer carry-on case, and then with a lock on the compartment -
(keys, watch, pens, change), Don't count on them being always in
your sight. Those TSA room dividers, folding tables, etc., are still
amateurishly improvised.

Although I do, if selected for secondary "special" screening, politely
request the TSA droid to grab my bag and computer from the belt
and place them on the floor within my sight. Seems to confuse most
of them, but I insist.

And if they refuse, politely ask to see their supervisor. Having your
items within view while being groped is a reasonable request.


Casey

Thanks for the informative replies. And how should I handle a neck
pouch with passport, money, credit cards, etc. that I use for vacations
in Europe? There's no metal in it, but it would sure feel suspicious
on pat-down. Will this finger me for more intensive screening, even
though it's innocuous? Or should I risk all by putting it in my
carry-on or in the small tray?

Thanks for the informative replies. And how should I handle a neck
pouch with passport, money, credit cards, etc. that I use for vacations
in Europe? There's no metal in it, but it would sure feel suspicious
on pat-down. Will this finger me for more intensive screening, even
though it's innocuous? Or should I risk all by putting it in my
carry-on or in the small tray?

Thanks for the informative replies. And how should I handle a neck
pouch with passport, money, credit cards, etc. that I use for vacations
in Europe? There's no metal in it, but it would sure feel suspicious
on pat-down. Will this finger me for more intensive screening, even
though it's innocuous? Or should I risk all by putting it in my
carry-on or in the small tray?

wrote:
Thanks for the informative replies. And how should I handle a neck
pouch with passport, money, credit cards, etc. that I use for
vacations in Europe? There's no metal in it, but it would sure feel
suspicious on pat-down. Will this finger me for more intensive
screening, even though it's innocuous? Or should I risk all by
putting it in my carry-on or in the small tray?



You just take it off and put it in the tray so it can be screened

Jan