[nagdu] Swabbing for Explosive Trace Detection

[Michael Hingson]

Passle,

They can require the extra and even private screening.  They can and do have
false positives which cause some of this to happen.

They CANNOT take your dog away.  As happens with everyone, we find that
there are those who simply do not know the rules.  You should complain about
this, but in general I find TSA people to be reasonable.  I have found some
problem individuals who think they own the skies no matter what the rules.
I also find that they are not around the next time I go through that
airport.

Educate, but please remember that most of these people are doing their jobs
in extremely adverse situations given the attitudes of most passengers.  Cut
them a bit of slack while insisting on the rules being enforced. 


Best,


Michael Hingson

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Passle Helminski
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 01:06 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Swabbing for Explosive Trace Detection

Jenine,

On Friday and on Sunday the tests were a false positive.  I do not where
nail polish, no meds, flea treatment at the end of the month. 
Nothing spilled on my guides fur. Her bath was a month ago with no
conditioners. My husband did not put fertilizer on our lawn and my guide did
not play with hunting dogs. Changed planes in Cleveland and was told there
is something in the Cleveland air that makes it happen all the time.  Scott
was flying in from the west cost to Chicago and the same thing happened with
his dog.

I could not touch my dog until they cleared her.  In Erie the started
playing with her even though I nicely tried to educated them.  Plus they
know me, I fly out of Erie all of the time.  This was this first dog they
had to swab.  The girl doing it was new and the other staff were helping
her.  She is the one who ripped the leash  out of my hands.  My luggage was
searched and I had to have a private resolution screening.


Passle


>Cindy,
>
>
>Certain chemicals in things like nail polish or solution from a 
>manicure, some medications and I'd suspect topical flea preventatives, 
>could cause a false positive test. My guess is that's what happened 
>with Passel's dog, either something like flea preventative or coat 
>conditioner or something like that, maybe even something spilled on the
fur.
>
>Jenine Stanley
>jeninems at wowway.com
>http://www.twitter.com/jeninems
>

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