[nagdu] Guide dogs and airport security

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Wow! And I thought the pair that ended up deciding to start snapping on
latex gloves to do a cavity search of my guide dog pushed the limits...
Well, in that instance, the snapping of the latex and the absolute shock
that they could even *think* that sort of thing would be necessary snapped
me out of my cooperative stupor. I didn't even have to stand up to look the
super tall guy of the snapping gloves in the eye and give him The Look.
While brushing off the female guard who didn't want said suspcious cavity
dog anywhere near her while she was still fussing over me looking for
whatever it was we must be trying to sneak past them.  /lol/

I had always been of the belief that simply cooperating with airport
security was the course of reason ...  So that changed on the spot!

Complete destruction of guide dog harness tops the cavity search proposal,
though.  Good grief!

Glad you took them on and won!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Passle Helminski
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:52 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dogs and airport security

Just after 9/11 in the Philadelphia airport they took my guides 
harness apart.  Stitching and all so I could not harness her up.  I 
talked to my local chapter and they called are state president who 
sued the airport and won.  Please contact our PA president James 
Antonacci.

Passle

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