Newsstand - Low bar for screeners

Times-Picayune Article (http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1065849991195290.xml)

"Scissors, knitting needles and pocket knives are some of the sharp items that can be found at airport security checkpoints, but don't expect the screeners themselves to be sharp.

The written test that would-be screeners must take virtually guarantees that a fair number of dullards have been hired for these important security positions."

Surprise! Those aren't Spiff's words but it's what Spiff's been saying all along.

Time to scrap the TSA. Permanently. What a waste of money and what a travesty this idiocy has turned our civil liberties into.

@#$% you, Admiral Loy.

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry

Oh Spiff....I do get a laugh from your posts. You should be a comedy writer. Now, as for dullards passing the test. Well, when they GIVE you the answer you can bet on it... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

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Don't take life too seriously, afterall, you won't get out alive.

Come on Spiff, stay on track.

It really does not matter if they can pass a test or not. What they are doing, or attempting to do does not provide any reasonable improvement in security or safety or reduction of terrorists.

They could hire and train the world's best, it would not matter.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NoStressHere:

They could hire and train the world's best, it would not matter.</font>

Quite so.

The disgusting, ineffective policies mandated by the current gang of scumbags in charge of th TSA do nothing for security.

However, the fact that they have to test screeners with tests a monkey could pass is just another in a long list of reasons why Admiral James M. Loy belongs in line at the welfare office or in prison instead of being in charge of the TSA.

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry