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>the service that TSA staff do, right now, is to let people continue to be able to fly, without (say) 5 hour lines No, they create the lines. TSA inspections a
by x220 8y ago
>the service that TSA staff do, right now, is to let people continue to be able to fly, without (say) 5 hour lines
No, they create the lines. TSA inspections are useless. Third party evaluations (government employees trying to sneak weapons past TSA security) demonstrate that the TSA is entirely incompetent at screening for weapons. If we just let people board the plans without inspections at all it would not change the security situation.
- eesmith 8y agoPlease re-read my comment. I distinguished between two things: 1) the point of TSA, and 2) the lack of TSA staff under the current regulatory regime. I agree that TSA inspections are useless. That is point #1. However, if 50% of TSA staff right now were to leave, then the regulations won't magically change so that there are no inspections. The result will be mega-long lines. This is point #2. Or do you think something else will happen? Thus, if people don't want mega-long lines, it is in their short-term interest to use alternative mechanisms to keep TSA staff from leaving.