Originally Posted by
PhlyingRPh
It is extremely important that the TSA NOT be allowed to do anything that deviates from a set, publicly available policy. The traveling public needs to know exactly what to expect during screening and there should not be any surprises.
That alone would be an improvement as it touches upon two related problems that are at the heart of the TSA. It's not just the TSA's lack of consistency with set, publicly available policy, there's also the problem of set, publicly available policy being just a part of the body of government policy that is impacting travel.