Once more with feeling

Two weeks ago we demonstrated that CAS was at it again with their ineptitude and bone-headed decision making by rejecting DFOs for the checkpoint lead position. Prior to that, they made the similar decision with DFOs for the checkpoint supervisor position. Fortunately, they came to their senses and reversed that decision.

Well, they're at it once again. This time it's for our brethren in the BSR (baggage screening room). Without getting into too much detail, they're the guys that decide whether or not a bag that has alarmed the EDS machines if the bag needs to be inspected. At SFO, they're classification is CTX 9000 Specialist. They are, in TSA terms, OSARP (onscreen alarm resolution protocol) certified. It's a position that CAS created in order to maximize their skills. In TSA terms, they're really CTX TSOs. So they are just as qualified as any of their non-OSARP certified CTX TSO counterparts in terms of screening of checked bags.

What's especially interesting is that baggage ATM Gerardo Sanchez (a useless idiot if we've ever met one) spoke to one CTX 9000 Specialist for over an hour and a half berating him for not having applied for the checked baggage supervisor position. The irony of that situation is that someone else from the BSR did in fact apply for the position and received a rejection letter because they didn't meet the classification requirements! Once again, REALLY?! CAS really wants to go down this idiotic road again?!

Why we are surprised about this, puzzles even us. We shouldn't be surprised, yet we are. Well, to all of our BSR brethren, as Bill Clinton used to say, "We feel your pain."