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Not even the TSA believes that. That's why they have "TSA Precheck" - pay $100 and submit to a "background check" and you will almost always skip the molestati
by Amadou 14y ago
Not even the TSA believes that. That's why they have "TSA Precheck" - pay $100 and submit to a "background check" and you will almost always skip the molestation.
TSA Precheck is a program explicitly designed to placate the people with enough influence to get the system changed. You can be sure that every member of congress and their staffs are in the Precheck program, along with anyone who flies on business or is otherwise wealthy. Pretty soon the only people getting molested on a regular basis any more are the lower classes.
http://www.geek.com/articles/news/pay-the-tsa-100-and-bypass-airport-security-20120315/ http://www.geek.com/articles/news/pay-the-tsa-100-and-bypass...
- saryant 14y agoPrecheck is free. https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/tsapre_screening.aspx https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/tsap... I'd wager most of the people in the program aren't rich, they just have jobs that require them to travel a lot. We're talking Accenture consultants, not bank execs.
- Amadou 14y agoIt isn't that most of the people in the program are or are not rich, it is that most of the rich in the country are in the program. In other words -- anyone who is (a) likely to be annoyed by the inconvenience AND (b) powerful enough to do something about the inconvenience has been co-opted by PreCheck.
- btilly 14y ago...along with anyone who flies on business... Not quite. As a counter-example I give you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_L._Schwartz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_L._Schwartz. Due to his past felon status (now exonerated so not a felon), he is not eligible for TSA Precheck. But he flies business a lot, and has made it clear that he'd love to be in TSA Precheck. He's simply not eligible.