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It's not completely theater. I've had friends caught with ammo and knives (which they left in their luggage by accident). In every case they simply confiscated
by gnarcoregrizz 8y ago
It's not completely theater. I've had friends caught with ammo and knives (which they left in their luggage by accident). In every case they simply confiscated it and let them go, so it makes me feel alright that they have at least caught stuff. I find the liquids stuff annoying, but hey.
It's probably in airlines best interests to have security anyway - after all of the high profile (but extraordinarily rare) terror attacks, people are probably more apt to fly with some type of security.
- knodi123 8y agoyour anecdote supports "the TSA are not just pretending to do their jobs". But that's not what we mean by theater- we're saying that them doing their jobs, doesn't effectively reduce the likelihood of airplane terrorism. Especially considering the multi-billion-dollar price tag.
- saurik 8y agoWe also know (from actual tests of the system even, not just from people like me claiming it) that people get through with stuff also. So now you are saying we have a system where sometimes they catch you and they just take the stuff as part of a system where sometimes you just get through with your stuff... so there is no penalty to having some people try over and over again... if the goal is to actually stop stuff getting through then this is all pointless.
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y agoThere is a lot of data that indicates they aren’t catching most stuff, even guns. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cntraveler.com/story/tsa-fails-to-detect-weapons-more-than-70-percent-of-the-time/amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cntraveler.com/story/tsa-fa... Those aren’t great odds. What about a truly determined enemy? Or someone that gets a job at the airport to leverage their access? It’s theater.