You do realize the TSA has never caught a single terrorist, right? You do understand that they are often very poorly educated. Many are guilty of theft and some are even sex offenders.
Just a few weeks ago a perfectly nice lady, not trying to hide anything accidentally boarded a plane with a gun. And the TSA fails every single “find the weapon” exercise it is given.
The fact remains that unless we begin submitting to gynecology / proctology exams, full body x-rays, and luggage searches there is no possible way to find all possible weapons.
However all this logic does not keep these mall cops with God complexes from forcing people to expose colostomy bags or mastectomy implants. They fondle children. They expect elderly in wheelchairs to get up and walk through scanners with no support.
And lets be very clear on this. A TSA agent will demand sharply that you give up your drink, your shampoo bottle, your lotion and any other item you have on their list. They then throw those “potentially dangerous” items into a large trash can less than 2 foot from them. What does this tell you? It tells you that the people that wrote the procedures knew they were accomplishing nothing and the people that enforce them know it to.
So, what is the solution? Private Companies. Why? Because the Gestapo like attitudes would not be tolerated. Employees would be better screened and trained. Standard Operating Procedures would need to serve an actual purpose or service. Like any private company, they would strive for excellence in their field and they would want to build customer trust.
“The fact remains that unless we begin submitting to gynecology / proctology exams, full body x-rays, and luggage searches there is no possible way to find all possible weapons”
There are reports of body cavity searches being proposed.
yep letting the public sector handle this is a step in the right direction.
lots of other goobermint jobs could also be privatized. when Romney does this I will take notice.
That's probably the first reasonable suggestion I've seen yet. But how do we ensure that the private companies don't degenerate to a rent-a-cop level of service that's even worse than the TSA? You know that if it gets turned over to the airlines to fund and supervise then it'll go to the lowest cost vendor regardless of the quality of the product. And I think that the TSA has some sort of arrest powers that a private company wouldn't have, how do we back them up?