Flying with 14YO daughter and her friend tomorrow, friend does not have TSA Precheck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

OP said she had a medical issue that is quicker to go through precheck with.

If you have a medical device that cannot go through the body scanner and you use precheck to avoid that, that's a good enough reason to separate. Otherwise you have to wait for a patdown and search of your devices.

OP ignore the harpies on here. Send the girls together. They will be fine. It's not like you won't be able to see them the entire time.

[Anonymous]

I am just curious what medical issues require TSA pre check

[Anonymous]

I would send the two girls through the regular line together. I would grab their bags, so they don't have to deal with that. Last time I flew with 14 yo, her TSA pre-check number wasn't on her boarding pass. I sent her through the regular line by herself. It was fine. I would be fine if it were my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

OP said she had a medical issue that is quicker to go through precheck with.

If you have a medical device that cannot go through the body scanner and you use precheck to avoid that, that's a good enough reason to separate. Otherwise you have to wait for a patdown and search of your devices.

OP ignore the harpies on here. Send the girls together. They will be fine. It's not like you won't be able to see them the entire time.

Bad advice unless you get the ok for this crazy plan from the girl's mom. I would be pretty mad if someone left my child that was a guest with them unaccompanied at the airport like this.

[Anonymous]

Send the girls together, wait for them just inside security. They’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

OP said she had a medical issue that is quicker to go through precheck with.

If you have a medical device that cannot go through the body scanner and you use precheck to avoid that, that's a good enough reason to separate. Otherwise you have to wait for a patdown and search of your devices.

OP ignore the harpies on here. Send the girls together. They will be fine. It's not like you won't be able to see them the entire time.

Bad advice unless you get the ok for this crazy plan from the girl's mom. I would be pretty mad if someone left my child that was a guest with them unaccompanied at the airport like this.

I think you’re the crazy one. They’re not 3. They’re 14. My 14 flies unaccompanied monthly, on SWA, and I drop him off at the curb.

[Anonymous]

My kidS would sometimes get orecheck as kids. They were never out of our sight. It rarely made a huge difference...and there is certainly tons of security around. I would probably send both girls together for company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter and her friends are both 14. The friend does not have TSA Precheck on her boarding pass. I'm trying to avoid going through regular security because of some medical issues that always slow things down. Can I send the friend through regular security unaccompanied? Will she need to present ID?

Good grief, if you've got medical issues, stay home!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

OP said she had a medical issue that is quicker to go through precheck with.

If you have a medical device that cannot go through the body scanner and you use precheck to avoid that, that's a good enough reason to separate. Otherwise you have to wait for a patdown and search of your devices.

OP ignore the harpies on here. Send the girls together. They will be fine. It's not like you won't be able to see them the entire time.

Bad advice unless you get the ok for this crazy plan from the girl's mom. I would be pretty mad if someone left my child that was a guest with them unaccompanied at the airport like this.

Your 14 year old can’t go through a line alone? You probably wouldn’t have agreed to the trip in the first place. 14 year olds don’t need to be in sight of an adult at all times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

OP said she had a medical issue that is quicker to go through precheck with.

If you have a medical device that cannot go through the body scanner and you use precheck to avoid that, that's a good enough reason to separate. Otherwise you have to wait for a patdown and search of your devices.

OP ignore the harpies on here. Send the girls together. They will be fine. It's not like you won't be able to see them the entire time.

Bad advice unless you get the ok for this crazy plan from the girl's mom. I would be pretty mad if someone left my child that was a guest with them unaccompanied at the airport like this.

Your 14 year old can’t go through a line alone? You probably wouldn’t have agreed to the trip in the first place. 14 year olds don’t need to be in sight of an adult at all times.

Not PP, but it's basic courtesy. If I'm the adult in charge of a minor guest, I do not leave them to deal with an unfamiliar line in an airport. If I can't accompany them, I get someone else to do so: my own kid.

It's a point of etiquette.

[Anonymous]

If the two girls are together it will be fine. Just don't make the girl go alone.

[Anonymous]

We were traveling back to DC from Europe and had a layover in Detroit. I took our 2 younger kids thru one security lane and my husband took our (tall, but very timid) older child (13) thru a parallel line. Once I made it thru, we stepped to the end of the other lane to wait for my husband. I saw him still gathering the bags, iPads, shoes, etc...but didn't see my older child. We looked all over the small security area in a panic, but it was like said child just vanished. I was in tears and my husband was searching for a pic to show the agents so they could help us search.

Several minutes later, child comes out from a back room with 2 security agents who said they saw something "suspicious" on the scanner and needed to search child in private security area. The "suspicious" item turned out to be a retainer case that was in the pocket of a hooded sweatshirt (child was wearing the actual retainer so only the plastic case was in the pocket). It was busy and chaotic in the security area, and I guess my husband was so focused on getting all of our stuff off the belt and repacked, that he didn't notice our child had been taken away by TSA. Our child is a timid, rule follower and was too afraid to alert us or to challenge the agents, and as a result quickly complied when asked to step into the private screening area.

I asked the agents what happened, why child was taken from the main area, and what went on in the private screening area, but both were dismissive and combative...one of them started completely ignoring me. I became livid and berated both agents to tears. When their supervisor showed up, they were reamed again for not following protocol and searching a minor without parental knowledge or consent.

One of the 2 agents said that they assumed child was at least 18 and not actually a child. Granted child is a little tall for 13, but in no way looks like an 18 yr old. The supervisor pointed this out to both agents and asked why they didn't confirm age with the child before taking them from the area, but both just kept saying they thought child was an adult and wanted to do the screening in private.

At the supervisor's insistence, we filed a formal complaint against both agents with TSA before leaving the airport that day. Not sure what ultimately happened to the 2 agents (doubt they were fired due to staffing shortages), but they were led away from the security area by the responding supervisor and 2 other Admin level supervisors while we were still there filing the complaint.

So given my experience, I'd try to get the pre-check added to the friend's boarding pass, but if you can't do that then it may be a good idea to just arrive a bit earlier so all of you can go thru the standard line together, but I wouldn't let them do it alone.

[Anonymous]

As someone who's daughter at 14 could have passed for early 20s, there's no way I'd let a 14 year old go through by herself. Heck, I've been uncomfortable with the patdowns I've received (from a woman, in a public area), so I would never leave my daughter, or her friend, to face that solo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FFS what is wrong with you.

It’s insane people like this exist.

Simmer down. She's not sending her to a foreign country alone. She's sending her to a different line 2 feet away. What's wrong with you??

OP, I get you on the medical issues. I have a kid with one and get the ease of using precheck. I'd send the two girls to the regular line together.

You are vacationing together not going on a work trip, just stand in line together, it's not that big of a deal.

It's not about safety it's about having manners.

OP said she had a medical issue that is quicker to go through precheck with.

If you have a medical device that cannot go through the body scanner and you use precheck to avoid that, that's a good enough reason to separate. Otherwise you have to wait for a patdown and search of your devices.

OP ignore the harpies on here. Send the girls together. They will be fine. It's not like you won't be able to see them the entire time.

Bad advice unless you get the ok for this crazy plan from the girl's mom. I would be pretty mad if someone left my child that was a guest with them unaccompanied at the airport like this.

Your 14 year old can’t go through a line alone? You probably wouldn’t have agreed to the trip in the first place. 14 year olds don’t need to be in sight of an adult at all times.

Not PP, but it's basic courtesy. If I'm the adult in charge of a minor guest, I do not leave them to deal with an unfamiliar line in an airport. If I can't accompany them, I get someone else to do so: my own kid.

It's a point of etiquette.

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