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You don't think screening for bombs has any potential to be dangerous?
by maccio92 8y ago
You don't think screening for bombs has any potential to be dangerous?
- ed312 8y agoAt what scale? I would argue a taxi driver has a more dangerous job (in terms of probability of injury).
- kurczynski 8y agoI believe I read that taxi drivers have a very high fatality rate in the United States, but definitely higher than law enforcement.
- cobookman 8y agohttps://www.tsa.gov/blog/2018/01/29/tsa-year-review-record-amount-firearms-discovered-2017 https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2018/01/29/tsa-year-review-record-a...
- dmix 8y ago> A realistic replica suicide vest and claymore mine were discovered in a traveler’s checked bag at the El Paso International Airport (ELP). The traveler was an explosives ordnance disposal contractor and the items were used as training aids. I can't believe he'd be dumb enough to try to bring this on an airplane. It'd make way more sense to ship them to w/e destination.
- kingnothing 8y agoThe TSA has never found a bomb.
- dgzl 8y agoMost underrated comment.
- DoofusOfDeath 8y agoI don't think that statement, by itself, tells us much about the TSA's efficacy. Because their mere presence could be an effective deterrent.
- lostcolony 8y agoWe know at least two made it through. Underwear bomber, shoe bomber. We also know pre-9/11 how common it was (non-existent). We also know that they consistently fail audits. Though they've gotten better! Most recently they only failed ~75% of the time at detecting things auditors were trying to smuggle in, instead of the prior 95%! So, yeah, by itself it doesn't. But we have enough data to make a pretty solid eval.
- mikeyouse 8y agoBoth the underwear bomber and shoe bomber boarded flights overseas (Amsterdam and Paris respectively) -- so no TSA involvement.
- acct1771 8y agoUnderwear bomber was Saudi intelligence/CIA, for the reader's info.
- goobynight 8y agoThe TSA has operated overseas before, but probably not in these countries. If they see a country isn't up to their standard, I think they either show up to implement it for flights headed to the US or at least consult with the nation.
- shawnz 8y agoBut the parent comment wasn't regarding the efficacy of the TSA, it was regarding the dangers of being a TSA agent
- DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
- devonkim 8y ago...that was reported. Question is whether whose interest it would be in to not publicly report on the number of bombs found by an agency. I can understand NSA and CIA not revealing much but am confused about TSA’s motives since they are much more public facing than anything in the intelligence community.
- sk5t 8y agoDo you think searching Key West for rabid wolverines to be a very dangerous job, because, like, wolverines are pretty dangerous?
- ameister14 8y agoYou may as well say that construction workers, electricians and pizza delivery drivers are out there, putting their lives on the line
- maccio92 8y agoConstruction is a dangerous job as well. You can be hit by falling things, there can be heavy equipment failures, you can fall off the buildings if you're not sufficiently harnessed. Electricians too - there's a chance, however small, of receiving a lethal shock. Delivery drivers could get killed in car accidents, it happens every day (car accidents, not specifically involving pizza drivers but given they're on the road more often it's a statistically higher probability for them)
- ameister14 8y agoYes, these are all much more dangerous jobs than TSA - yet they wouldn't describe themselves as 'putting their lives on the line'- that's my point.