Yes, kabuki theater security.
I refuse to fly as long as the TSA exists. I’ll drive or I won’t go.
Turns out GW was a real POS
The TSA should never have been allowed to deal with anything other than luggage.
PREACH IT!!!!
And while they’re at it, get rid os lots of other useless government agencies, too.
Whatever happened to the 9/11 Commission Report? It has gone into the dust bin of history. Recommendations were made and never followed, example of their findings:
The commission’s final report, known as the 9/11 Commission Report, was published on July 22, 2004.[1] It is a lengthy 585 pages, including the findings of the commission’s extensive interviews and testimony that was received during its investigation. The primary conclusion in the 9/11 Report is that failures of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) permitted the September 11 terrorist attacks to occur and that wiser and more aggressive actions by these agencies could potentially have prevented the attack. Created with the founding principle of protecting the American people from terrorist and other threats, DHS and its many partners across the federal government, public and private sectors, and communities throughout the country have strengthened the homeland security enterprise to better mitigate and defend against dynamic threats.
As self-checkout becomes the norm across America, you are going to see the helpful checkout people morph into the TSA.
Apparently, not enough people fly.
The TSA is abiding proof that Osama Bin Laden defeated the United States.
All we had to do was follow Israel’s lead and focus our security efforts on young Muhammadan Arab men and we’d reduce the risk to an acceptable level. Instead we’re still going through 2-hour security checks before boarding commuter flights and frisking octogenarian great-grandmas in wheelchairs. OBL disrupted our lives, apparently forever.
Abolishing the TSA might improve the quality of air travel. A bit.
But it certainly won't "save America."
I wasted my six months of my life training for and working at the TSA. The sleaziest place I have ever worked. And yes, it did make for some bad conflicts with friends (and my own conscience.)
I eventually quit because it was such a rotten work environment. The guards HATE the traveling public — and that was one reason why I often was spoken to by the higher ups — I was TOO respectful and too nice to the travelers.
Read that again. I was reprimanded a handful of times for being TOO friendly.
When I quit, I was a no call no show. One of the managers called me that morning. I was required to come in for an exit interview.
It was no holds barred.
When I left, on my way home, I got a nasty phone call from the big wig I spoke with. I needed to return my parking pass. I told her, “Too late... I tore it up.” Showed her the photo of the destroyed pieces.
I had QUIT, and she was still speaking to me like I was an employee.
Apparently, I wasn’t supposed to damage the parking pass.
I asked her... “Oh man, does that mean I might get fired?” Then started laughing and hung up on her.
She called back a few minutes later. I didn’t pick up.
She eventually stopped calling.
I got my last check, nothing was short. A day or two later.
Worst job of my entire life. American Gestapo. That’s all they are.
But it was funny seeing the creepy stuff in peoples luggage.
If bin laden could laugh in hell, he’d be tortured day and night by laughter at what we have done to ourselves with the TSA.
There are quite a few candidates for abolishing that come way before the TSA.
I may be the lone dissenting voice, but my experiences with TSA have been almost all good. I flew yesterday and the people were polite, funny, kind and professional. I come prepared to empty my pockets. We get TSA Pre, so don’t have to remove shoes, belts, or take electronics out of backpacks. The lines are short. Things move efficiently. No complaints.
Same as all the covid BS.
Big Government gleefully overreacts to any perceived crisis and uses the “crisis” as an excuse to chip away at the constitution. Using the panicked sheep as a shield to “do something!”