Originally Posted by spotnik

Oddly enough, I understand that a few jurisdictions had this requirement in place before TSA. As I recall the news stories, the "we must federalize to professionalize" argument was quite a sore spot in those jurisdictions. I'll see if I can find some old news coverage of the issue.

I don't think a Bachelor's degree is really necessary for TSOs. Of course, the higher your aspirations, the more you actually need some educational accomplishments to make yourself a viable candidate. TSA isn't doing their employees any favors by saying implying with their policies that education doesn't matter.

The education debate also pops up on Idea Factory from time to time. I usually try to argue for better education support and standards when it comes up. Of course, I am getting sick of the "You're not better than me" responses.