TSA Blog

[emshighway]

http://www.tsa.gov/blog

This should be fun :roll:

[lijk604]

Hi! My name is Ethel and I'm from Wisconsin. I like music, I love ice cream, and I adore weird facts: Did you know that elephants can smell water from as far away as three miles? I joined the TSA about a year ago - prior to that I attended MIT where I earned degrees in Biology, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and had the amazing opportunity to work on projects like designing artificial gravity systems for NASA.


So...am I to understand that someone who has -3- college degrees and worked for NASA is happy to work for $10/hr at a Security Checkpoint???? Why don't I believe this is real?

[T-Bird76]

I wonder how much the Gov't spent to come up with this PR move....?

[PhilDernerJr]

Hi! My name is Ethel and I'm from Wisconsin. I like music, I love ice cream, and I adore weird facts: Did you know that elephants can smell water from as far away as three miles? I joined the TSA about a year ago - prior to that I attended MIT where I earned degrees in Biology, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and had the amazing opportunity to work on projects like designing artificial gravity systems for NASA.


So...am I to understand that someone who has -3- college degrees and worked for NASA is happy to work for $10/hr at a Security Checkpoint???? Why don't I believe this is real?

Honestly, I don't know why you assume she's a screener. I assumed most of these folks were fairly high-up management.

[emshighway]

I actually don't know what she does. By the way it's not $10 an hour. I don't think we spent much if anything for setting up the blog after all we have a whole IT department that spends too much time screwing other things up.

[lijk604]

Honestly, I don't know why you assume she's a screener. I assumed most of these folks were fairly high-up management.

I guess I jumped the gun. Maybe she is a screener, maybe she isn't. Just seems like a LOT of degrees to be stuck in TSA management. With her credentials, why would you leave NASA?

[Midnight Mike]

She is a TSA screening Manager

As a TSA Screening Manager I would just like to say that I think this blog will be informative for both the public and the screening force at large! Maybe it will bridge the gap that seems to have formed between the public and the TSA.

A TSA Screening Manager salary ranges from $44,000 to $68,000

[lijk604]

She is a TSA screening Manager

As a TSA Screening Manager I would just like to say that I think this blog will be informative for both the public and the screening force at large! Maybe it will bridge the gap that seems to have formed between the public and the TSA.

A TSA Screening Manager salary ranges from $44,000 to $68,000

So you got to college, get THREE degrees, work some at NASA, and you are content to make $68k/yr? Yikes!

[emshighway]

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She is a TSA screening Manager

As a TSA Screening Manager I would just like to say that I think this blog will be informative for both the public and the screening force at large! Maybe it will bridge the gap that seems to have formed between the public and the TSA.

A TSA Screening Manager salary ranges from $44,000 to $68,000

So you got to college, get THREE degrees, work some at NASA, and you are content to make $68k/yr? Yikes!

May not have been her choice. With the decline in jobs 6 years ago the market was thin.

[Midnight Mike]

So you got to college, get THREE degrees, work some at NASA, and you are content to make $68k/yr? Yikes!

People change jobs all the time, knew a guy that went from a 6 digit salary to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. He is now flying for the Regionals probably making about $26k per year.

Picking out a famous one, Michael Jordan retired from basketball to pursue his dream of becoming a baseball player & took a nice cut in pay, yes he was far from poor, but, it does serve as an example of people changing careers.

[lijk604]

So you got to college, get THREE degrees, work some at NASA, and you are content to make $68k/yr? Yikes!

People change jobs all the time, knew a guy that went from a 6 digit salary to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot. He is now flying for the Regionals probably making about $26k per year.

Picking out a famous one, Michael Jordan retired from basketball to pursue his dream of becoming a baseball player & took a nice cut in pay, yes he was far from poor, but, it does serve as an example of people changing careers.

All well and good, but these people changed their jobs to pursue a dream. Maybe it's just me, but I could not see myself saying, hmmmm, I think I'll leave NASA to pursue my dream of being a TSA Screening Manager. But that's just me.

[Matt Molnar]

Don't worry, she's probably just a convicted felon.

[T-Bird76]

Don't worry, she's probably just a convicted felon.

Or and illegal alien, LOLOL

[emshighway]

Don't worry, she's probably just a convicted felon.

Or and illegal alien, LOLOL


Un-called for!!!!!! :x

We have had many people come to the TSA because they wanted to do something after 911.

[T-Bird76]

Don't worry, she's probably just a convicted felon.

Or and illegal alien, LOLOL


Un-called for!!!!!! :x

We have had many people come to the TSA because they wanted to do something after 911.

It was joke! ;)

[emshighway]

It was joke! ;)

:lol: :roll:

[Matt Molnar]

The TSA blog has allegedly had its first impact on real world TSA ops. Early this week some commenters questioned why they were being forced to remove all their electronics items from their carry-ons. TSA HQ did not set this policy and said they were unaware that this was being done.They found that some local offices had implemented this procedure independently, so they told them to stop as of Monday afternoon. On one side you can say it's great that this worked out. On the other you can ask why on earth does TSA need a blog to regulate SOP? http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/02/hooray-bloggers.html

They've also provided a somewhat detailed explanation for the carry-on liquids policy.
http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/02/more-on ... hings.html (http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/02/more-on-liquid-rules-why-we-do-things.html)

[emshighway]

:roll: It's called interpretation.