Originally Posted by
USMCSS
FWAAA; I appreciate your comments.
I can tell you this; as stated, I was a former Correctional Officer and Marine, you are insinuating that because of that service, I would treat people unfairly and I take offense to that. Professional former Marines with common sense are exactly what the TSA needs. I guarantee that the TSO’s that you come in contact with that treat you with respect were probably prior Military; most of those guys know their place with the TSA; they’ve done, and I use the word you used, Hero stuff already, and probably didn’t join the TSA to boost their ego.
I'm not just insinuating - I'm confidently asserting.
Please don't take offense, as none was intended. What I see (as former military myself) is that too many of the screeners issue orders to passengers like Sgt Carter screaming to Gomer. THAT's the big problem. Military officers have perfected issuing orders - and that's what we have at the TSA right now. The top issues orders and each level of command re-issues orders. Finally, we get the screeners yelling orders at us. It's one thing to bark orders at subordinates. It's quite another to bark orders at non-subordinates and then to turn around and whine about the lack of respect from the abused passengers.
You mentioned in an earlier post that you "visit airports often" but that you don't travel as much as some here. Ever been to the UK? Other cities in Europe? Tokyo? Singapore? Chile? Agentina? Brazil?
In none of those countries have I encountered airport screeners acting like they do here. They're quiet, unobtrusive, and almost apologetic when they have to conduct any sort of secondary screening. And I've never seen anything that looks like the retaliatory secondary screenings conducted by the TSA.
Your expertise is in control. Command and control. I didn't insinuate that you'd treat people unfairly. I'm very confident you'd treat people the way the current batch of ex-miltary, ex-cops, ex-prison guards currently treat us. They don't treat us "unfairly." They treat us poorly far too often. And that we don't need.