a better way to get rid of the terrible airport lines would be to reassign all the Officical Gropers to duty stamping out forest fires in Montana
Senators are sooo smart! I can’t believe the private sector
doesn’t scoop these geniuses up to run their corporations.
If they drop the fees, there will be more bags, more crowded-edness, more time needed to board and deplane... They need to raise fees, and airfares if they want to shorten wait times.
Just like during the Titanic inquest where some dolt from Congress asked why the passengers couldn’t have found safety in the watertight compartments on the ship.
How about abolishing the TSA union protection racket, reduce their wages to minimum, and then incentivizing agents and supervisors to run their airport screenings more efficiently if you want bonuses, or don’t want to get fired in place of someone who does.
Or...you could defund and dismantle the TSA and just hire some Isreali security to profile passengers. But that would save too much money and be too effective.
The reason airlines are charging bag fees is because they have to pay a tax as a percentage of each ticket sold, but the tax does not apply to fees for things like bags and in-flight service. So the airlines are shifting as many costs as possible to untaxed fees and away from the ticket price.
Congress made this mess when they passed this poorly drafted tax law. Now they blame the airlines, and demand more authority to clean up the mess they, themselves, made. Typical.
Drop more RATS in govment’
Here’s an idea: Profile likely bombers. Detain and examine those who fit the profile.
Senators... the airlines are in a highly competitive situation on ticket prices... not so much on hidden baggage fees.
Want to shorten lines. Get rid of TSA screenings for everybody and start profiling. It works.
Senators... the airlines are in a highly competitive situation on ticket prices... not so much on hidden baggage fees.
Want to shorten lines. Get rid of TSA screenings for everybody and start profiling. It works.
All that does is move the lines from the “check in” to the “baggage claim” area.
The bag fees came about because the tax increase on the price of airline tickets. This was a way for the airlines to move some of the ticket price out from the tax. Drop the tax and then the airlines will drop the fee. Donald Trump will sort this out.
Hiring competent people rather than perverts might speed things up!
Obviously my free market logic doesn’t like the idea of the airlines being meddled with here but after so many big business (to include airlines) have decided to enter the culture wars (not on our side) it’s hard to stick up for them.
Couldn’t they just eliminate th3e TSA by requiring People to fly Naked and abolish Carry On Luggage?
The Airlines could even add more Passengers and increase their Profits by having Steerage Class Passengers ride in the empty Overhead Luggage Rack.
Massachusetts Democrat Edward Markey is best known for forcing the cable companies to stop charging for remote controls in order to lower consumer costs (how are your bills cable company consumers?).
Markey’s business experience is driving an ice cream truck, he lived in his Mother’s house for years (or used it for a place of residence/election).
He was completely put to the test (and failed) during a hearing on climate change by Mark Steyn (and Cruz).
His expanded district of Natick was included in something that Markey thought would bring Kelley’s Roast to the town (it was already doing business there).
The late Ted Kennedy was on a televised appearance where Markey called in... Kennedy didn’t know his name, it was live.
Anyone want this guy to have anything to do with air travel?
(this is all off of a quick recollection and I’ve been out of the state for years)