There is so much wrong with this.
Originally Posted by
TSORon
Sadly enough there are to many posters here who with limited experience with the TSA
Wrong. This if FlyerTalk -- a website for
frequent fliers. We all have far too much experience of TSA.
automatically assume the absolute worst
Wrong. Our objections are to specific policies and procedures, as well as the conduct of TSOs with whom we've interacted.
about the officers charged with ensuring the safety of the flying public.
Wrong. Your agency is charged with protecting airline profits.
1. If liquids pose a danger on board, all liquids would be banned. 3/1/1 is a sop to the airlines who were in danger of losing their business travelers.
2. TSA doesn't screen all air cargo that is placed on board commercial passenger aircraft.
3. TSA doesn't screen all U.S. mail that is placed on board commercial passenger aircraft.
4. Reporting "extra cash," suspected pot, etc. has absolutely
nothing to do with passenger safety.
Most if not all have been exposed to this forum, the EOS blog, and occasionally to actual TSO’s on the check point 15 seconds at a time.
Wrong. Most, if not all, have seen the lies (yes, lies) on the EOS blog, and have had bad experiences with TSOs at checkpoints that have cost us far more than 15 seconds.
Its easy to take a single poor interaction with someone and hold it like the security blanket of our childhoods, never letting it out of our sight, never straying very far from it. We hold it so close that we can rarely see beyond its phantom comfort.
It is sad that we have to take the sum total of all our interactions and from that form the negative impression we have of the agency.
You can only see them as jack-booted thugs,
Only when they act like jack-booted thugs.
intent on ruining your day,
Only when they ruin our day.
taking your personal property,
Only when they steal from us, as so many now-arrested TSOs have done.
and delaying your transit to the sterile area.
Which they do every day.
You fail to see the humans behind the uniform. The men and women who get up at 1:30am to be on the checkpoint by 3am, who endure the continuous changes of policy and procedure, who were courageous enough to accept jobs on the front line of America’s Anti-Terrorism efforts,
Do you really believe this nonsense? "Front line of America's Anti-Terrorism efforts." What a joke. TSOs wouldn't have a clue what to do (other than yell for help from a real LEO) if Osama bin Laden himself walked through your checkpoint.
You want the front line? It's the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, our militiary, our police and our fire personnel. It sure as hell isn't the TSA crew who confiscate nail-clippers, illegally detain people and whose motto is, "Do you want to fly today?"
[quote]dangerous though it may be.[/quote}Dangerous? You can't be serious. How many TSOs have been injured in the line of duty?
[quote] They endure low pay, long and unusual hours, less than perfect working conditions, unidentified hazardous materials, the diseases and infections of those passengers they come into contact with, undeserved attitude and the occasional cussing out, and a whole host of other things that make the job less than pleasant at times. {/quote]To get a good job, get a good education.
On the other hand, we get to deal with the people. 98% of them are really nice to work with.
98% are casual-flying sheep, whom your dog-and-pony show is designed to impress.
Some not quite so,
Yeah . . . the one's who have read the constitution (and the newspaper).
So much of the posting here is complaints.
And why do you think that is?
Sure, I didn’t start here in the best of ways, but then again this conversation has been going on a very long time, and I have been here only a few weeks. You people have been screaming
No one is screaming.
your complaints for a few years now, and yet you continue to do so to this day.
That's right. And we will continue to do so as long as TSA continues to suck in tax dollars for absolutely no conceivable benefit.
I get the feeling its no longer about improving the situation, but about the complaining.
Whereas we have the feeling that TSA has no interest whatsoever in changing its ways so that it becomes a responsible agency that actually provides security, rather than petty harassment.
Some of you just don’t realize that, your having to much fun complaining.
And I'd glad give up some of that, "fun," by having an effective security procedure run by security professionals.