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Originally Posted by Homeslice
But why do people going on what is essentially a private flight need to bother seeing the TSA, as the original story claims? Why can't they work out a system where the troops go directly to/from the hangar where that plane is going to be?
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The times I've been on chartered aircraft like that they were flying out of military airbases. We didn't deal with TSA in those cases. While the original story by Mad Dog may or may not be true, I could see circumstances under which troops might board such a chartered flight at a civilian airport, in which case they would deal with TSA. It would be much more likely for a National Guard unit to fly that way, in my mind.
As far as why they couldn't work out a system to skip TSA, I couldn't say if anyone has tried. But I could very easily believe that TSA would resist that kind of move for the sole purpose of maintaining its authority and remaining "relevant."