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Its a jobs program for the unemployable. That and political pork. The TSA is a complete failure at every level and is laughably bad at everything but draining m

by a2tech 4y ago

Its a jobs program for the unemployable. That and political pork. The TSA is a complete failure at every level and is laughably bad at everything but draining money from the taxpayer and stepping on citizens rights. We should go back to metal detectors staffed by airport provided staff and scan checked bags for bombs (which is something that actually kind of works).

bombcar 4y ago
It’s well known that those who can’t cut it to be police will go be prison guards. And the ones who can’t even meet that bar end up at TSA.
- nirav72 4y ago
  To become a cop in the U.S in most places , there is already a low bar for entry. All one needs is a high school diploma (or ged) , no felony conviction and about 3 months training.
- verall 4y ago
  This is not even slightly true Go find an average cop, a CO, and a TSA employee. The CO is somewhere between a violent felon and the cop (and is technically probably both). The TSA employee is closer to a DMV employee than a cop. The border/customs agents are cops and they act like it.
nebula8804 4y ago
At the very least we got some funny pop culture jokes out of it. One of my favorites scenes from The Boondocks makes fun of this. [1]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dalD7_hSXeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dalD7_hSXeM
908B64B197 4y ago
> Its a jobs program for the unemployable. That and political pork. This. A simple look at the profiles of known attackers would reveal it's completely futile to screen literal 0-risk travelers. Getting people to fear and believe that "everyone could be a menace" is a slippery slope and a slap at the core of our legal system (innocent until proven otherwise).
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  This misses the point of the TSA: After 9/11 the air industry needed to convince people it was safe to fly, and what better way to do that than to establish performative safety on the government's tab.

by a2tech 4y ago

bombcar 4y ago

It’s well known that those who can’t cut it to be police will go be prison guards. And the ones who can’t even meet that bar end up at TSA.

nirav72 4y ago
To become a cop in the U.S in most places , there is already a low bar for entry. All one needs is a high school diploma (or ged) , no felony conviction and about 3 months training.
verall 4y ago
This is not even slightly true Go find an average cop, a CO, and a TSA employee. The CO is somewhere between a violent felon and the cop (and is technically probably both). The TSA employee is closer to a DMV employee than a cop. The border/customs agents are cops and they act like it.

nebula8804 4y ago

At the very least we got some funny pop culture jokes out of it. One of my favorites scenes from The Boondocks makes fun of this. [1]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dalD7_hSXeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dalD7_hSXeM

908B64B197 4y ago

> Its a jobs program for the unemployable. That and political pork. This. A simple look at the profiles of known attackers would reveal it's completely futile to screen literal 0-risk travelers. Getting people to fear and believe that "everyone could be a menace" is a slippery slope and a slap at the core of our legal system (innocent until proven otherwise).

InitialLastName 4y ago
This misses the point of the TSA: After 9/11 the air industry needed to convince people it was safe to fly, and what better way to do that than to establish performative safety on the government's tab.