[nagdu] Swabbing for Explosive Trace Detection

[Cindy Ray]

Could you have insisted on going with the dog? Because they always say you are not to be separated from your dog, so if your dog had traces, I should think that you should have to go together as a team. How could the dog have traces of explosives on it?

Cindy

On Jun 27, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Passle Helminski wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am with Jenine and Michael. Always fly with a smile on my face and always up beat with the screens.   I fly all of the time.  But when they took my dog away to make a phone call to find out what to do next....they need more education.
> 
> They did thank me for being so nice.
> 
> Passle
> 
> 
>> I'm with Michael here. I have flown several times in the past 6 weeks and
>> have only been swabbed twice. The rule about not touching our dogs is also
>> in inconsistently enforced but I always prepare in case I do get one of the
>> more "by the book" screeners.
>> 
>> Folks, this whole process is really not that different or horrific. I think
>> you get out of the screening what you expect, barring of course the agent
>> having a bad day or being overly officious. If you go in dreading and
>> worrying or being overly sensitive, you're likely to have an uncomfortable
>> experience. If you go in knowing the rules and acting as if you know them
>> and do this all the time, things generally go smoothly.
>> 
>> Probably the most amusing experience I had recently was when I was randomly
>> chosen for the hand scan. No big deal for me though I do realize it is for
>> some people. I look on it as a training opportunity for TSA staff.
>> 
>> So as I'm being scanned, my dog is on a loose leash at what I thought was a
>> nice standing Stay. Agents behind us are starting to laugh. What?
>> 
>> As the female agent is choking me over, my dog is actively sniffing her
>> over, part matching part. Apparently it was quite funny to watch. We all
>> ended up laughing in the end and of course if you laugh at something a dog
>> with even the tiniest bit of Golden Retriever in it does, then it's a new
>> fun trick! I love my dog. <grin>
>> 
>> Jenine Stanley
>> jeninems at wowway.com
>> http://www.twitter.com/jeninems
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Michael Hingson
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:32 AM
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Swabbing for Explosive Trace Detection
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Actually, there are still inconsistencies.  I traveled somewhere in May
>> where my hands were not swabbed.  I have yet to see any rule implemented
>> %100 of the time.
>> 
> 
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