TSA, nail files, smoke, mirrors, dogs, and ponies, qualify as airport security, but certainly don't qualify for security in the air. I chose, post 9-11 to make my observations, a semi-permanent no fly option on commercial airliners. I would dearly love to see security Israeli style implemented immediately.
Since our idiotic government officials won't profile to protect me, I tend to do it myself. If there is more than one identifiable moslim male in the waiting area, I don't get on and I have been hassled by the airline and "security" folks......but I don't really give a damn and have told them so.