About me

About me.

I am an insider. I work as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Dulles International Airport (IAD). I am self-employed and work part time for the TSA, mainly for the medical and dental insurance benefits. I also fly frequently. I think that helps me see things both from the TSA and passenger perspectives.

I am not going to tell you anything that will compromise passenger screening procedures or sensitive TSA information. Instead, I am going to focus on the things that you need to do to move through the screening process as efficiently as possible. Ideally, if you follow my advice, no one from the TSA will need to touch you or your belongings. Some of the rules and procedures may seem strange but there is almost always a good rationale behind them. The problem is that that TSA is frequently reluctant to tell you the reason because they don’t want to be contributing to the training of the bad guys.

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Disclaimer: This material was written by a private citizen hoping to be helpful, not as a representative of the federal government, the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority or of the Transportation Security Administration. Any opinions expressed as well as any inaccuracies are solely the author’s.