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• bruce511 14y ago
  Yesterday I took a domestic flight in a country outside the US. What a surprise. Kept my belt on, kept my shoes on, no objection to a can of coke in my bag, just placed my bag on the scanner, waled through a simple metal detector, picked up my bag and kept walking. Despite this casualness, we landed safely both times. The TSA has added one measure at a time, and the result is now impressively intrusive. And (given the smaller numbers of staff I saw) impressively expensive. I wonder sometimes if America has forgotten what "normal" is, and if it can ever get back there. It's sad - so much fear keeps the people in bondage. I'm amazed at folk in the US that still believe the TSA makes flying safer. I guess until that changes, they'll stay. And since people equate inconvenience to safety, their goal really is to make things more and more intrusive, and inconvenient.
  • ThomPete 14y ago
    It's not fear it's business. The airports are more than happy to buy into the idea of extra security measures because it means that they will spend more money in the airport while waiting for the plane.