Originally Posted by
TSORon
And you believe that you will never get that kind of experience here in the USA. Hmmm, how sad for you.
http://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/20...ease_0571.shtm
And I see this report every year, which is always far more positive than negative. Sure, we have areas we can improve, and we work on those daily, its an ongoing process.
TSA partners with most foreign governments to help maintain security in the air. Israeli as well as Russian.
I have a question for you though. If you by had had a knife in your pocket, just how friendly do you think those Israeli screeners would have been?
1. I was pointing out the difference between the experience in TLV (that's in Israel) and in EWR (that's in the US). That was my experience. And yes, it is sad for me and for every person who travels in the US. It would be less sad if what I experienced in TLV were common in the US. After your response, though, I understand why it won't change for the better anytime soon.
2. So, TSA partners with foreign governments. How does that improve my experience of going through security?
3. As for the knife in my pocket, this is certainly the favorite tactic of those who have lost an argument: divert attention from the issue at hand, try to drive the discussion to another, unrelated issue. The question is irrelevant to my experience with security in other countries and with the TSA.
And if I don't reply, it's because I'm going out of the country again tomorrow morning.