This is an issue the Repubs should jump on fast.
Pass a bill in the House that will do several things:
1. Institute frequent-flyer cards for people to be pre-screened one time and avoid these lines afterwards.
2. Institute medical-exemption cards for people with medical devices to be pre-screened at some location other than the gate, a single pre-screening (similar to frequent-flyer) that will allow multiple access to airports without going through the checkpoint each time.
3. Institute a moratorium on the use of scanners until the radiation is proven safe.
4. Institute a system of surveillance using cameras and undercover officers from an agency NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE TSA to weed out “bad apples” among TSA agents.
5. Any other appropriate provisions.
Pass this bill in the House, send it on to the Senate, and when the Senate demorat-traitor-mf’s block it, SCREAM BLOODY MURDER and don’t stop screaming until the demonrat-traitor-mf’s are fully and totally associated with the worst of TSA behavior.
I like it! Good ideas all. I had a knee replacement about 6 years ago and have had to undergo pat downs ever since. Meanwhile my poor wife is stuck collecting all the stuff off of the screening conveyor belt and has to wait for me. Just stupid. I have a card that says I have a prosthesis but they never ask to see it. I just set off the alarm in the metal detector, tell them I have a knee replacement and without fail I have to go stand in the area and wait for someone to come and “frisk” me. It is stupid and a waste of time IMHO. Now, when I fly out of Toronto all they do is “wand” my knee to make sure and send me on my way. Much better.