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Can I ask how are you comparing costs here? 76 dollars per passenger is an obscene amount of money: look at the dollar totals. In terms of lives saved, the TSA
by nodata 16y ago
Can I ask how are you comparing costs here?
76 dollars per passenger is an obscene amount of money: look at the dollar totals. In terms of lives saved, the TSA is already a gigantic waste of money. You could save a lot more lives per dollar by doing hundreds of other different things.
- alex_c 16y ago$77 per passenger is a huge amount, especially compared to the cost of a cheap domestic flight. But what is the hidden cost of the clusterfuck that American airports are becoming? I would gladly pay an extra $38 per flight if it meant going through a sane, competent, and, if not pleasant, at least not overtly hostile system.
- harisenbon 16y agoWhy not even make it opt in? Ticket price plus a 38 dollar "treat me like a human being" tax. I'd pay it.
- aberkowitz 16y agoWhat has it come to when we have to pay more, just to be treated as humans?
- chopsueyar 16y agoCapitalism?
- coderintherye 16y agoI'm pretty sure that is the idea behind the clear pass http://www.clearme.com/ http://www.clearme.com/
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- orangecat 16y agoThere about 620 million passengers in the US per year (http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/), which comes out to $47 billion. In government terms, not that enormous. In terms of lives saved, the TSA is already a gigantic waste of money. You could save a lot more lives per dollar by doing hundreds of other different things. No question. In fact, TSA has probably on balance killed people by encouraging marginal travelers to drive rather than fly. But on the assumption that the general public isn't going to be receptive to a rational cost/benefit analysis, I'd rather pay more for security that (1) might actually be effective, and (2) doesn't involve naked photographs or sexual assault.
- nodata 16y agoI'd prefer to use the opportunity to highlight the fact the TSA security is ineffective and that we don't need this level of security, even if it did work. Raise awareness and spend the money properly.