[TightSqueeze]

International Union Local 790 say as many as 80 percent of the 1,200 screeners at SFO are legal residents, not citizens.

I am an airport screener supervisor and I am not an idiot.

Am I the only one who sees a problem with 80% of airport security screners being other than US citizens? This fact alone is reason enough not to fly or even set foot in an airport.
Does anyone think they could find another country where foreigners run 80% of anything?

[silverkor]

I agree with you about the high percentage of screeners who are not American citizens however, that does not make them idiots. I work at the Anchorage Airport where we have about a 40 percent non citizen work force and for the most part they are filipinos at least that is the case here in Anchorage. The contractor here is Huntleigh-USA which is an Israeli owned company whose parent company is ITS which is headquartered in I believe the Netherlands. I believe whole heartedly that all screeners should be US citizens. But I do not think that we should be federalized that will solve absolutely nothing IMHO. I know first hand what is happening on a daily basis at the Anchorage Internation Airport which is occupied by for the most part Alaska Airlines. Which is our employer.

[NetValue]

"Am I the only one who sees a problem with 80% of airport security screners being other than US citizens? This fact alone is reason enough not to fly or even set foot in an airport. Does anyone think they could find another country where foreigners run 80% of anything?"

It goes like this'

"Good morning Muhammid. Please place your bag flat on the scanner."

"Allah akbar."

"All I see Muhammid is your boxcutter. But you are one of us. You are free to pass. Allah akbar."

[StarFan]

Am I the only one who sees a problem with 80% of airport security screners being other than US citizens

80% immediately caught my eye and I had to re-read it believing there was a typo.