Originally Posted by
whirledtraveler
We all know that retaliatory secondaries exist, but the TSA denies it. It would be great if someone got together a statistically significant group of people and an equally sized control group and had them fly through the same checkpoint on the same TSA shift. Each person in the non-control group should question their screening procedure. I'm sure that the rates of secondaries would be different.
Imagine the publicity a controlled study like this would get.
Two very good ideas came out at PV early on.
Some form of securing checked baggage like strapping and a
Secret Shopper program to evaluate the screening experience.
Notice that TSA ran away from those suggestions as fast as they could.
No form of employee accountablility is acceptable for TSA. That tells me they know their employees act beyond guidance provided on a routine basis and in fact by not acting condone employees exceeding established guidelines.
Reform of TSA from within just doesn't seem possible. It will take a series of events that awakens the public understanding of why TSA is corrupt.
Recent court cases will help to move the ball forward.