Report: Pilot Was Punished By TSA For Shooting Video Highlighting Security Lapses

by Mark Joyella | 11:17 am, December 24th, 2010
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Just in time for the holiday travel rush this Christmas Eve, an unnamed commercial pilot claims he was punished by the TSA for posting videos to YouTube highlighting what he believed to be lapses in America’s airline security program.

According to a report on CNN’s American Morning, the pilot narrated the videos, which were shot by the pilot in San Francisco. In one video, he points out potential security weaknesses, including a door that opens directly from the airport building to the supposedly highly-secured airfield:

“I was trying to bring up the obvious, ludicrous TSA-type of security,â€