Boycotts won’t help because not enough people ever participate. If any airline starts to suffer, it will be bought out by another airline. And if by chance a

Boycotts won’t help because not enough people ever participate. If any airline starts to suffer, it will be bought out by another airline. And if by chance a significant number of people did stop flying, the TSA would just expand into whatever people are using (train stations; bus stops; or heck, maybe the TSA starts building their own “checkpoints” on highways — you know, to ensure “transportation security”). Competition can also be a good motivator. If you want to fix the TSA, cut their responsibilities in half at a particular airport and assign the other half to some startup that offers the same services. Then you come up with a few common-sense ways to measure how good they’re doing, and you pit them against each other. May the most efficient, cost-effective and customer-satisfying organization win.